BODACIOUSSSS

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DENVER

 OCTOBER 7, 2016 – JANUARY 29, 2017

WORKS BY: TRUDY BENSON, DARA BIRNBAUM, CAROLINE DAVID, AOIFE DUNNE, TRAVIS EGEDY, SESSA ENGLUND, DON FODNESS, AARON GARBER-MAIKOVSKA, KIM GORDON, HANSKI, KEITH HARING, PARKER ITO, KYTTEN JANAE, MIKE MCDONNELL, JAYSON MUSSON, ALEXANDER PAGE, GARY PANTER, POSE, OWVBICS, SOMETHING BY SOMEONE, PETER SUTHERLAND, KATIE TORN, KYLE WARFIELD

BODACIOUSSSS IS A GROUP EXHIBITION OF APPROXIMATELY 15 ARTISTS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS. THE EXHIBITION AIMS TO CAPTURE THE FLUID NATURE OF TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ARTISTIC CAREERS, HIGHLIGHTING PRACTICES THAT ARE NOT ONLY CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF ART BUT ALSO THE WAYS IT IS PRODUCED AND CONSUMED. THE EXHIBITION CENTERS ON ARTISTS WHO MOVE BETWEEN DISPARATE ARENAS: BETWEEN DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL, DIY AND FINE ART, FINE ART AND COMMERCIAL, TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE VENUES, MUSEUMS AND MOBILE PHONES. FREEING THEMSELVES FROM THE GRAVITAS OF CONVENTIONAL DISPLAY, MANY ARTISTS IN BODACIOUSSSS BALANCE CULTURAL-INTELLECTUAL CONCERNS WITH DELIBERATE CHILD-LIKE PLAYFULNESS AND ABSURDITY. THE ARTISTS IN THIS EXHIBITION SHARE BOTH AWARENESS OF AND DISREGARD FOR THE RULES THAT HAVE DEFINED ARTISTIC PRACTICE IN GENERATIONS PAST.

-Taylor Balkissoon