Soft Machines
Jul 14, 2011 - Aug 26, 2011
Soft Machines is a group exhibition of artists exploring the influence and effects of control mechanisms on one's psychological and physical disposition. The exhibition will feature paintings, installations, sculptures, multimedia works, and performances by Stuart Brisley, Kathryn Garcia, Anthony Keith Giannini, Kate Gilmore, Tim Hawkinson, Liz Magic Laser and Anna Ostoya, Lovett/Codagnone, Adam Pendleton, Paul Pfeiffer, Ma Quisha, Holton Rower, Sterling Ruby, and Kiki Smith. The title of the exhibition alludes to William S. Burroughs' subversive novel, The Soft Machine (1961), populated by control and the controlled where narcotics, alcohol, sex, power, money, religion, ideology and language expose the fragile entry points of the animal psyche, and the brutality exacted by the modern world.
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Soft Machines is a group exhibition of artists exploring the influence and effects of control mechanisms on one's psychological and physical disposition. The exhibition will feature paintings, installations, sculptures, multimedia works, and performances by Stuart Brisley, Kathryn Garcia, Anthony Keith Giannini, Kate Gilmore, Tim Hawkinson, Liz Magic Laser and Anna Ostoya, Lovett/Codagnone, Adam Pendleton, Paul Pfeiffer, Ma Quisha, Holton Rower, Sterling Ruby, and Kiki Smith. The title of the exhibition alludes to William S. Burroughs' subversive novel, The Soft Machine (1961), populated by control and the controlled where narcotics, alcohol, sex, power, money, religion, ideology and language expose the fragile entry points of the animal psyche, and the brutality exacted by the modern world.
Contact details
Tuesday - Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
508 West 25th Street Chelsea - New York, NY, USA 10001
