THE WE. THE YOU. THE US
Curated by Baxter Koziol
September 29 - September 15, 2018
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Border Patrol presents THE WE. THE YOU. THE US., a group show curated by Baxter Koziol that explores the artist as brand.
Featuring works by Magnus Gitt-Henderson Prudence Ho Terrance James Jr. Baxter Koziol Dave Munson Brian Trelegan OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, September 29, 2018 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
The we. The you. The us. Derived from the inclusive vocabulary in so many ad campaigns, this title also encapsulates how I felt about my curatorial approach.
Curation is built on branding, gathering an inanimate crowd with commonalities. Artists are so regularly boiled down to a brand to assure quality in recognition and repetition in the financial and social marketplace. I saw this multiplication of the self, a projection of one’s body into concurrent body objects, giving them a history. I also saw in these artists an ability to coexist as maker, consumer, and critic of their own enterprise. They actively participate in an inevitable distillation process, and they use its momentum to further communicate and inhabit the brand others see them as. Their artworks have an element of wearability wherein they become avatars to play out this artistic brand, or just to take our place when we want to do something else.
--Baxter Koziol, September 2018
Curation is built on branding, gathering an inanimate crowd with commonalities. Artists are so regularly boiled down to a brand to assure quality in recognition and repetition in the financial and social marketplace. I saw this multiplication of the self, a projection of one’s body into concurrent body objects, giving them a history. I also saw in these artists an ability to coexist as maker, consumer, and critic of their own enterprise. They actively participate in an inevitable distillation process, and they use its momentum to further communicate and inhabit the brand others see them as. Their artworks have an element of wearability wherein they become avatars to play out this artistic brand, or just to take our place when we want to do something else.
--Baxter Koziol, September 2018