Enrique Chagoya, The Head
Ache (after George Cruikshank), 2010. Digital etching and chine
collé, 15.5 x 19.5 inches. Courtesy of the artist and George Adams
Gallery, NYC.
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Pratt
Institute
Party Headquarters: Art in
the Age of Political Absurdity
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September 28−November 10, 2012
Opening: Thursday, September 27, 6−8pm
Pratt Manhattan Gallery
144 West 14th Street, Second Floor
New York, NY 10011
Extended gallery hours:
Mon–Sat,
11–6pm; Thu until 8pm
T 212 647 7778
exhibits@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/exhibitions
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Just in time for election season, Party Headquarters: Art in the Age
of Political Absurdity, guest-curated by Eleanor Heartney and Larry
Litt, updates the grand tradition of political satire to shine a light on
the American psyche in an era of political polarization. Works in a range
of media address the social consequences of greed, the corrosive effects of
money and religion on the political arena, the contradictory aspirations
embodied by the American dream, and the destructive outcomes of
unquestioning faith in American exceptionalism.
Artists:
Donna Catanzaro
Enrique Chagoya
Michael D'Antuono
Sally Edelstein
Jerry Kearns
Ian Laughlin
Kara Maria
Greta Pratt
Duke Riley
Peter Saul
Federico Solmi
Jade
Townsend
Mark Wagner
Martin Wilner
In conjunction with
the exhibition, a New York mobile voter registration center designed by
artist Duke Riley will tour the streets of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and
Queens.
Our fifth annual Pratt Falls political cabaret,
produced by Larry Litt, will take place in the gallery on October 16 (Veg
Artists Can Save The World Party), October 30 (Artichoke Dance Company
presents "Plastic People of the Universe"), and November 6 (Dancing to
Democracy Election Night Watch Party), all at 7pm.
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