Tria Gallery 547 W. 27th St.
NYC
“State of the Union”
group show opening October 16th, 2008
Just in time for arguably the most important election of our lifetime, Tria Gallery presents “State of the Union” from October 16 through November 15, 2008.
On display will be paintings by six different artists who offer up their takes on the current state of affairs in imagery that is sometimes controversial, sometimes humorous, and always thought- provoking. The artists participating in this visual catharsis are Lauren Bergman, S. Kendall Bradford, Josh George, Scott Glaser, Julie Mardin and Dominique Rousserie.
This group of paintings explores the dislocation between our comfortable, complacent lives and the horrific reality of war to which we have become numb. Again choosing an historic context removed from our contemporary cultural climate is meant to underscore the lack of progress or lessons learned from one war to the next. The Vietnam War and it’s iconic imagery is woven into our collective “American Mythology” as emblematic of war at its most heinous and unjustified. Yet here we are once again blindly pledging the flag while young men and women return from Iraq limbless and without adequate healthcare while we contemplate which program to watch on TV and which to tivo.