Helter
09 Jun - 31 Jul 2006
HELTER
"Helter"
Co-curated by Max Henry & Erik Parker
The empirical evidence surrounds us. Something is rotten in Denmark as Hamlet exclaimed. The end of an epoch always brings collective society to its knee‚s.
Today, there is nothing left but art and science. Celebrity culture? Done. Current geo-politics? Ruinous. The environment? Dicey. Religion? Ludicrous.
Historically speaking artists always see the writing on the wall first. The group hereby assembled, see the world through the crystal clear lens of their practice.
Referencing the eponymous Christopher Wool painting as a reverberation of the current contemporary context Helter Helter tosses an artistic bomb back at the manipulative tendencies of fundamentalist dogma the world over.
Gathering their wits, here is an account of their observations on the state of the world:
It‚s an ugly one. Its enraged, caustic, cynical, and fucking nasty mean. It seeks to please no one but itself, and exists as free expression and critique of the times.
A hurly burly of noise, Helter Helter says FUCK OFF to the hypocrisy of fundamentalism of any sort. Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religions have all been bastardized to suit the policies of governance. Who has the right to say one is better than the other? No one. Who needs to believe in the rubbish offered for our salvation? The art you see plays off of the violent,
antagonistic offerings offered in the global media.
When you see the destruction and riots increasing in intensity, and
hard-line stances taken to extreme on both sides of the coin, it‚s a sign that the current belief systems are dead.
Helter Helter believes in nothing. We have seen this position before in Europe and France with the Dada movement. However unconventional, the positions contextualized in the global art discussion as this show is, should not be mistaken for nihilism because life is not pointless as far as we the curators are concerned.
The juxtapositions in Helter Helter are a mirror where we can all glimpse a piece of ourselves within the matrix of the maelstrom, its shards of truth, and the unrequited question of what is next or, where do we go from here.
Refusing to fall in line with the conformist homogeneity of religious, political, or corporate globalization, the artist is a keen observer of these fatalistic post-nuclear times.
Giving attitude and unbridled energy is a necessary antidote to shock us beyond our senses and create the necessary space to reach a state of grace.
© Andre Ethier
Untitled (Surfer with rainbow)
2006
Huile sur panneau
50 x 40 cm encadre
"Helter"
Co-curated by Max Henry & Erik Parker
The empirical evidence surrounds us. Something is rotten in Denmark as Hamlet exclaimed. The end of an epoch always brings collective society to its knee‚s.
Today, there is nothing left but art and science. Celebrity culture? Done. Current geo-politics? Ruinous. The environment? Dicey. Religion? Ludicrous.
Historically speaking artists always see the writing on the wall first. The group hereby assembled, see the world through the crystal clear lens of their practice.
Referencing the eponymous Christopher Wool painting as a reverberation of the current contemporary context Helter Helter tosses an artistic bomb back at the manipulative tendencies of fundamentalist dogma the world over.
Gathering their wits, here is an account of their observations on the state of the world:
It‚s an ugly one. Its enraged, caustic, cynical, and fucking nasty mean. It seeks to please no one but itself, and exists as free expression and critique of the times.
A hurly burly of noise, Helter Helter says FUCK OFF to the hypocrisy of fundamentalism of any sort. Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religions have all been bastardized to suit the policies of governance. Who has the right to say one is better than the other? No one. Who needs to believe in the rubbish offered for our salvation? The art you see plays off of the violent,
antagonistic offerings offered in the global media.
When you see the destruction and riots increasing in intensity, and
hard-line stances taken to extreme on both sides of the coin, it‚s a sign that the current belief systems are dead.
Helter Helter believes in nothing. We have seen this position before in Europe and France with the Dada movement. However unconventional, the positions contextualized in the global art discussion as this show is, should not be mistaken for nihilism because life is not pointless as far as we the curators are concerned.
The juxtapositions in Helter Helter are a mirror where we can all glimpse a piece of ourselves within the matrix of the maelstrom, its shards of truth, and the unrequited question of what is next or, where do we go from here.
Refusing to fall in line with the conformist homogeneity of religious, political, or corporate globalization, the artist is a keen observer of these fatalistic post-nuclear times.
Giving attitude and unbridled energy is a necessary antidote to shock us beyond our senses and create the necessary space to reach a state of grace.
© Andre Ethier
Untitled (Surfer with rainbow)
2006
Huile sur panneau
50 x 40 cm encadre