Michael McCarthy and Jonathan Shimony “Future Perfect”
Bronx Art Space
[Image: courtesy Jorge González and Chemi Rosado-Seijo]
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The paintings and sculpture of Jonathan Shimony investigate a world spinning out of control. The mad quest for power and money has increasingly led to a vision of humans as little different from commodities bought and sold in the market. The list of corruption in various parts of American business and government seems unending. There is no apparent limit to the number of human lives willingly sacrificed without regret to advance the power and wealth of those already holding the most important reins of society.
Michael McCarthy’s works, seemingly serene and peaceful, engender feelings of anxiety as we linger with them. The near absence of human references leads one to wonder where the humans have gone. Might these series of photographs be traces of the (beautiful and beguiling) calm after the storm and violence depicted in so many of the paintings by Shimony? Pictures of a world left behind, no longer occupied by humans?
The Gathering + Open Mic
Saturday, January 27, 6pm
Artist Talk
Saturday, February 3, 2pm
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Schedule
from January 03, 2018 to February 03, 2018
Closing Reception on 2018-01-31 from 18:00 to 21:00