Reed Projects & Nuart: THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION
26.05.16-12.06.16 (Galleri A/A minor)
Artists: DOT DOT DOT, Martin Whatson, John Fekner Axel Void Jeff Gilette Spazuk Nina Ghafari Kim Byungkwan Jussi TwoSeven Isaac Cordal Pure Evil Carl Cashman Line Osmundsen Wan Ho
OPENING THURSDAY THE 26TH OF MAY. WELCOME!
Reed Projects Gallery in association with Galleri A and A minor present
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION curated by Martyn Reed
John Fekner (US), Axel Void (ES), Jeff Gillette (US), Spazuk (CA), Kim Byungkwan (KR), Jussi TwoSeven (FI) Line Osmundsen (NO), Dotdotdot (NO), Isaac Cordal (ES), Martin Whatson (NO), Nina Ghafari (IR), Pure Evil (UK), Wan Ho (NO/CH), Carl Cashman (UK)
“Apocalypse. A disquieting feature of this annual exhibition — to which the patients themselves were not invited — was the marked preoccupation of the paintings with the theme of world cataclysm, as if these long-incarcerated patients had sensed some seismic upheaval within the minds of their doctors and nurses.”
JG Ballard “The Atrocity Exhibition”
Reed Projects and Nuart in association with Oslo's Galleri A and A Minor are proud to present "The Atrocity Exhibition", an exhibition of national and international artists titled after the JG Ballard novel of the same name. The show is dedicated to artists exploring the dirty underbelly of contemporary pop culture, celebrity politics, neo liberal economics and the alienation it contrives to create in order to thrive. We present 14 artists from across the globe, both studio based and "Street Artists" from South-Korea to the US, Spain to Canada, Finland to Norway.
The exhibition sets out to explore and present a series of themes common to both the late 1960’s (when the book was first published) and present day concerns. For many, The Atrocity Exhibition is J.G. Ballard’s most important work. It reads like an instruction manual in how to disrupt mass media and recontextualise technology. How are present day artists, In an era of smart phones, high speed internet access and the dawning of “smart” cities, portraying urban life?
“In a sense, the phrase “atrocity exhibition” is a strictly literal description of this media landscape as it emerged in the early 1960s, populated by images of Vietnam, the Kennedys, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. The novel deals with the violence that haemorrhaged in the 1969 in which it was published: Manson, Altamont, War across the USA. But, for Ballard, the events of 1969 are merely the culmination of a decade whose guiding logic has been one of violence; a mediatized violence, where “mediatization” is a profoundly ambiguous term which doesn’t necessarily imply a disintensification. As they begin to achieve the instantaneous speed Virilio thinks characteristic of postmodern communication, media (paradoxically) immediatize trauma, making it instantly available even as they prepackage it into what will become increasingly preprogrammed stimulus-response circuitries.”
By Mark Fischer
The parallels here with the rise of the right and the dominance of neo liberal economics in the shaping of our cities and culture should be obvious. Indeed, several of the artists come to Oslo direct from their success at Banksy’s recent award winning Dismaland show in the UK.
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Contact for press, interviews and images
Jesper Kristensen jesper@reedprojects.no
Andreas Engelstad andreas@galleri-a.no
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| THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: SDpzuk HUBRIS #9 (2015) soot and acrylic on canvas 122 x 91.4 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Spazuk PENDING PANDA (2015) soot on wooden panel 26 500 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Spazuk EXHAUSTED (2015) soot and acrylic on wooden panel 122 x 91.4 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Spazuk SHOT (2015) soot and oil on wooden panel 20.32 x 20.32 |
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| THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Spazuk TICKING BOMB (2015) soot, nails and thread on wooden panel 40.64 X 40.64 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Spazuk GAS MASK (2015) soot on wooden panel 25.4 x 25.4 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Spazuk DEFUSING FOOLISHNESS (2015) soot on paper mounted on wooden panel 20.32 x 20.32 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Spazuk POIC (2015) soot on wood panel 25.4 x 25.4 |
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| THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Spark SMALL BIRD ON SYRINGE (2015) soot and acrylic on wood panel 22.8 x 22.8 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Spazuk MONOCULTURE #4 (2015) soot and gold leaf on paper mounted on wooden panel 60.96 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Wan Ho I'M NOT FORMED BY THINGS THAT ARE (2015) mixed media on canvas 120.5 x 133 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: John Fekner RUNNING BOY (1988) stencil and spray paint on reclaimed fallout shelter sign 35 x 25 |
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| THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Carl Cashman NO TITLE #2 (2016) acrylic on wooden panel 30 x 30 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Carl Cashman NO TITLE (2016) acrylic on wooden panel 40 x 40 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Nina Ghafari BLACK POPCORN (2015) spray paint, acrylic, mixed media, vintage drawer 51 x 32 x 9 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Nina Ghafari (2015) spray paint, acrylic, mixed media, vintage drawer 51 x 32 x 9 |
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| THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Nina Ghafari BEAUTY (2015) spray paint, acrylic, mixed media, vintage drawer 51 x 32 x 9 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Nina Ghafari N.1989 (2015) spray paint, acrylic, mixed media, vintage drawer 51 x 32 x 9 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Nina Ghafari GUTTER RAINBOW (2015) spray paint, acrylic and mixed media on unstretched canvas 77 x 69 |
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| THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Line Osmundsen WATERLUST (2014) acrylic on canvas 120 x 120 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Martin Whatson BEHIND THE CURTAIN (2016) mixed media on canvas 150 x 280 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Byungkwan Kim X-REPORT OLDSTAR #08 (2015) acrylic on paper with frame 116.8 x 91 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Byungkwan Kim X-REPORT OLDSTAR #09 (2015) acrylic on paper with frame 116.8 x 91 |
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| THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Byungkwan Kim LOST EMPIRE #2 (2015) acrylic on canvas 91 x 73 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Byungkwan Kim LOST EMPIRE #1 (2015) acrylic on canvas 91 x 73 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Byungkwan Kim X-REPORT #44 (2015) acrylic on canvas 91 x 116.8 |
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| THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Isaac Cordal AMERICAN DREAM (2015) resin, vintage installation box 30 x 51 |
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| THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Dotdotdot HANDGUN (2013) stencil and spray paint 70 x 100 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Dotdotdot (2014) stencil and spray paint on canvas 150 x 100 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Dotdotdot DUNKELZIFFER (2014) stencil, spray paint and mixed media on cardboard 108 x 75 |
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| THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Dotdotdot (2013) stencil, spray paint and acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Jeff Gilette MINNIE HOROSHIMA WAVE NINE (2016) acrylic and oil on canvas 45 x 60 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Jeff Gilette MINNIE HIROSHIMA SERIES: NI (2016) acrylic and oil on canvas 45 x 60 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Jeff Gilette DISNEYLAND SIGN LANDFILL SE (2016) acrylic on canvas 30.48 x 30.48 |
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| THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Jussi TwoSeven HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA (2016) stencil, spray paint and acrylic on canvas 150 x 150 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Spazuk (2015) soot on wooden panel |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Spazuk (2015) |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: John Fekner BROKEN PROMISES / FALSAS PRO (2015) mixed media on paper 20 x 27 |
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| THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: John Fekner DANGER LIVE ARTISTS (2014) Offset unique print 24.13 x 34.29 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: John Fekner PEACE WAR (2012) marker on Canson archival board 20 x 27 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Pure Evil JFK & JACKIE (2016) stencil and spray paint on canvas 100 x 100 |
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Line Osmundsen BUS STOP POETRY (2015) acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 |
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| THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: Line Osmundsen MONSTERADELICIOSA (2014) acrylic on canvas 160 x 120 | Wan ho: YESTERDAY: PLEASE STAY (2015) mixed media 75 x 51 |
