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Eileen Maxson: I Was Really Gonna Be Something By the Age of Twenty-three
Microscope Gallery is very pleased to present Eileen Maxson鈥檚 first solo exhibition in New York 鈥淚 was really gonna be something by the age of twenty-three鈥� featuring new video, installation and photo-based works posing the 1994 film, or more specifically, the artist鈥檚 VHS copy of the film 鈥淩eality Bites鈥� as a point of origin for social, economic, and technological concerns of today.
Maxson 鈥� who won the first Arthouse Texas Prize at the age of 25 for her work parodying news reports and pop culture 鈥� re-renders the film as objects and images titled, like that of the exhibition, with famous quotes from the 鈥淕en X鈥� film that represent the movie鈥檚 central themes. Most significant to Maxson are the mediation and commodification of identity, the possibility of artistic authenticity in a commercialized world, and power in relationships, especially labor, across ages, sexes, and borders.
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Microscope Gallery is very pleased to present Eileen Maxson鈥檚 first solo exhibition in New York 鈥淚 was really gonna be something by the age of twenty-three鈥� featuring new video, installation and photo-based works posing the 1994 film, or more specifically, the artist鈥檚 VHS copy of the film 鈥淩eality Bites鈥� as a point of origin for social, economic, and technological concerns of today.
Maxson 鈥� who won the first Arthouse Texas Prize at the age of 25 for her work parodying news reports and pop culture 鈥� re-renders the film as objects and images titled, like that of the exhibition, with famous quotes from the 鈥淕en X鈥� film that represent the movie鈥檚 central themes. Most significant to Maxson are the mediation and commodification of identity, the possibility of artistic authenticity in a commercialized world, and power in relationships, especially labor, across ages, sexes, and borders.
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