Martin Mull "Seven Deadly Sins"

Stellan Holm Gallery

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Seven Deadly Sins is Martin Mull's first exhibition at Stellan Holm Gallery and features thirteen new paintings, including a series of seven paintings, each of which depicts a deadly sin. Gluttony is depicted by a family indulging in their dinner and the warped image of well-raised children eating greedily like animals. Sloth is represented by a forlorn man, sedentary outside his trailer, a not so subtle warning that sloth may condemn one to a life in a trailer park.

Culled from discarded family photographs (none of which belong to the artist) and popular images of the 1950s and 1960s, Mull's subjects serve as a critique of Suburbia and The American Dream. In Last Seen in the Park, the proverbial middle-class nuclear family stands for their portrait. Yet behind the family's impeccable guise, the Boy Scout's uniform and their perfect smiles lies a disconcerting undercurrent, suppressed by the idyllic ideal. The pristine suits and the manicured cul-de-sacs of American post-war affluence hide an underlying apprehension of the future and insecurity of class warfare. The perfect family, or rather the fantasy family, comes at a cost.

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from December 11, 2008 to January 31, 2009

Opening Reception on 2008-12-11 from 18:00 to 20:00

Artist(s)

Martin Mull

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