Caroline Achaintre
Dexter Dalwood
Daniel Guzman
Richard Hogg
Evan Holloway
Neil Rumming
George Shaw
Mark Titchner
Markus Vater
Patrick Ward
Raymond Pettibon's
'Sir Drone' |
Rock ideology of 'fun' was born of the futility of deferred pleasure. In a world that seemed doomed as the specter of the A-bomb haunted teenagers, sex was no longer linked to family responsibility or reprouction. And as rock is based on sex.... it mocks parental belief in sexual sublimation, marriage and work as necessary. Rock heroes are unrepentant sinners while rock groups form a new model for communal, non nuclear families.' [Dan Graham]
'Fear it do it anyway' brings together artists that use Rock as a platform to initiate work that dissects the roots of culture and ideology. Rock music has the quality of evoking a singular moment in time or a point of contact within a broader socio-historical context. The work included exploits this familiarity in order to build a more relaxed and complex relationship between art, rock and community. The exhibition replicates this communal model, avoiding theme, with a host of ungraspable connections. At one moment it helps to think logically, then through intuition, historical analyses or fiction. Sometimes we must remember distinctly, listen very carefully and then a mere glimpse or perfunctory playback will suffice. The work slips emotively through different time frames |
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