Take, Retake, and Remake (Back the Night)
La Salle de Bains•May 24, 2024 — Jul 20, 2024
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“It is here that the critique of authorship is relevant – the critique of the notion of a fully coherent author subject previous to the act of creation, producing a work of art which then becomes merely a mirror or, at best, a vehicle for communicating a fully formed intention and a consciously grasped experience. What I am proposing is that on the one hand we consider the social formation of the producer within class and gender relations, but also recognize the working process or practice as the site of a crucial social interaction between producer and materials.”1
This observation by the art historian Griselda Pollock figures among the texts and excerpts that Mar García Albert wanted to share while putting together the current show. On its own, the quotation introduces several critical paths forward that are in fact the directions in which the artist’s work moves, however much it appears kind of thin, even frivolous, in light of its little hearts and Hello Kitty...More
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Take, Retake, and Remake (Back the Night)
La Salle de Bains•May 24, 2024 — Jul 20, 2024
Press Release
“It is here that the critique of authorship is relevant – the critique of the notion of a fully coherent author subject previous to the act of creation, producing a work of art which then becomes merely a mirror or, at best, a vehicle for communicating a fully formed intention and a consciously grasped experience. What I am proposing is that on the one hand we consider the social formation of the producer within class and gender relations, but also recognize the working process or practice as the site of a crucial social interaction between producer and materials.”1
This observation by the art historian Griselda Pollock figures among the texts and excerpts that Mar García Albert wanted to share while putting together the current show. On its own, the quotation introduces several critical paths forward that are in fact the directions in which the artist’s work moves, however much it appears kind of thin, even frivolous, in light of its little hearts and Hello Kitty...More
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