“Object of Desire” Exhibition
TSA
[Image: Golnar Adili "As the Jasmine Scented Ones Composition (Samanbouyan)" (2018) 10 x 10 x .25 in.]
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Curated by Amanda Martinez
Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York is pleased to present Object of Desire, a group exhibition examining the word “object” in terms of the Freudian definition, which he uses as a stand-in for desire itself. “Object: meaning a mental representation of a person. Also called an imago.”
From Freud’s views of self, one can make an association between the attachment to and gratification we seek from three-dimensional objects through collecting and consuming them, as well as by designing and perfecting our experience with them. When does an object or sculpture become a symbol or stand-in for the self? Is this a type of fetishization? While the Freudian school of thought has had its share of critique and deconstruction regarding its systematic fallacies over the years, it still carries weight as a catalyst for decoding and exposing thought that is critical to exploration of the unconscious mind to this day.
By literal textbook definition the “imago” is both the final and fully developed stage of an adult winged insect, and is also in psychoanalytic terms an idealized mental representation of someone (particularly a parent) which influences a person’s behavior. Object of Desire asks us to consider that this grey area that is the confluence of meanings of the word “imago” is worthy of exploration, and that it is the artist who is the metaphorical bridge between mind and realized object.
In regards to the gaps in Freud’s logic, this exhibition asks us to reframe them in the politically topical context of extracting useable information from an inherently broken system of reference. Some of the work in this show utilizes materials, processes or content that directly reference our relationship to the consumer world, while others are reflective of forming collections to create our own narrative; surrounding ourselves with objects we are mentally and physically attracted to. Is being a sculptor parenting a small part of our physical space through stages of development? The act of creating a sculpture is inherently creating an object to be left to stand alone; an after-image of the self.
The work in Object of Desire is both succinct and openly suggestive. Though largely sculptural, there is work exploring the boundaries of painting as object and experience. It stems from the umbrella of abstraction, and even when there are representational elements present, they act symbolically. This grouping of work is about what is left behind through making, and how an object can become a psychological mirror of “us” and “our” experience without relying on literal representation.
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Schedule
from January 04, 2019 to February 10, 2019
Opening Reception on 2019-01-04 from 18:00 to 21:00