Cooper Holoweski "Things Were Perfect"
Storefront Ten Eyck
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Our grandfathers worked in factories so that our parents could be engineers and we could be executives; all with homes in the suburbs to shelter our cars and boats and children.
“Things Were Perfect” is a series of mixed-media works on paper about the dream of a middle-class utopia. The promise of Fordism was not simply that of a livable wage, but also one of social engineering that extended beyond the factory and into the home. These domestic landscapes combine traditional painting and drawing techniques with computer-aided 3D modeling to create an atmosphere that is both opulent and stark. With subject matter including Herman Miller furniture, vinyl-sided houses, and the Ford Elmont Station Wagon, these pieces carry a sincere nostalgia for the capitalist utopia of the 20th century and understanding that it never really existed. -COOPER HOLOWESKI
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from August 12, 2011 to August 28, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-08-12 from 18:00 to 21:00