Judith Bernstein “Dicks of Death”
Mary Boone Gallery (Chelsea)
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Mary Boone Gallery opens at its Chelsea location DICKS OF DEATH, an exhibition curated by Piper Marshall of historical and The exhibition will feature nine new Halley paintings installed on digitally-printed wallpaper contemporary work by JUDITH BERNSTEIN.
designed by Mendini in his atelier in Milan, Italy.
Dicks of Death, a Marine nickname for the processed beef franks included with beans, Halley’s paintings continue to use his now-iconic cell and prison imagery, however, now is so termed for its foul taste and similarity in appearance to male genitalia. The with a satirical, playful tone. Compact in size (no dimension is greater than five feet), his offensively flavored and phallic shaped food is Government Issue, served to soldiers in once-grounded structures are now seemingly suspended from their conduits or hover ready-to-eat rations. Bernstein lifts this term to zero-in on the war-time phallus and to freely above their solid backgrounds. Mendini’s brightly colored wallpaper is printed in show us how aggression and patriotism is institutionally packaged to fuel political conflict.
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from January 09, 2016 to February 27, 2016