Jason Rhoades: DRIVE
For Jason Rhoades, the car was a vehicle of artistic pursuit, both readymade sculpture and American idol. Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles dedicates an entire gallery at its Downtown Arts District location to a yearlong exploration of Rhoades鈥� art via the subject of cars and car culture. 鈥楧RIVE,鈥� will unfold over a series of thematic iterations, an ever-changing exhibition of Rhoades鈥� sculptures, drawings, videos and multiples鈥攅nriched by archival materials, public programs and contemporary perspectives.
Organized as an investigation in real time, 鈥楧RIVE鈥� invites people to approach the exhibition like a garage of art and ideas, in which cars are coming and going and tinkering is a productive state of mind. As an artist, Rhoades was keenly attuned to sources of cultural power and weakness. When he put the internal combustion engine on art鈥檚 pedestal, was he presciently placing the car where it belongs for a greener tomorrow? The car as a subject in Rhoades鈥� art continues to drive and trouble the imagination today.
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For Jason Rhoades, the car was a vehicle of artistic pursuit, both readymade sculpture and American idol. Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles dedicates an entire gallery at its Downtown Arts District location to a yearlong exploration of Rhoades鈥� art via the subject of cars and car culture. 鈥楧RIVE,鈥� will unfold over a series of thematic iterations, an ever-changing exhibition of Rhoades鈥� sculptures, drawings, videos and multiples鈥攅nriched by archival materials, public programs and contemporary perspectives.
Organized as an investigation in real time, 鈥楧RIVE鈥� invites people to approach the exhibition like a garage of art and ideas, in which cars are coming and going and tinkering is a productive state of mind. As an artist, Rhoades was keenly attuned to sources of cultural power and weakness. When he put the internal combustion engine on art鈥檚 pedestal, was he presciently placing the car where it belongs for a greener tomorrow? The car as a subject in Rhoades鈥� art continues to drive and trouble the imagination today.
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