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Through A Glass, Darkly at Redline
Written by Ken Hamel   
Wednesday, 22 October 2008

"through a glass, darkly"

Featured artworks by: Jen DeNike, Lisi Raskin, Taryn Simon, Annette Roberts-Gray, Damien Echols, and Douglas Gordon

Redline

October 27, 2008 - January 16, 2009

Public open house Friday November 7 at 7:00 pm

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Douglas Gordon - Self-portrait as Us - 2008

RedLine’s Inaugural Exhibition in collaboration with P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka


RedLine’s inaugural exhibition, through a glass, darkly, brings together artworks which examine, with very different means, the possibilities and complexities in a deepening political crisis in America. Comparable to Plato’s allegory of the cave, living in a world mediated through images is an essential experience of our time. It is accompanied by a certain distrust in the representation of reality and in the ability to act. Even though we are in a unique situation having instantaneous, non-stop, access to information, and images from around the world, the belief in an ability to change the reality of war, atrocities, and social injustice is at an unsettling low. With the use of various media such as photography, video, installation, or assemblage artists in through a glass, darkly explore new ways to relate to the present world without being either didactic or dogmatic. It is the viewers who make sense of what they are seeing.

Whereas Plato still believed in a way out of the dark into an enlightened outside the artworks in the exhibition share the common notion that there is no immediate access to reality. Today’s reality is always mediated through something, but this knowledge can not lead to resignation. Knowledge of our reality calls for even more effort, dedication, and reflection in trying to understand our world. Making images as well as looking at them has always had an ethical dimension-more than ever in a media-saturated world like ours. Sara Chaitin, RedLine Program Manager This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 303-296-4448

Kyle MacMillan's Denver Post Review: RedLine exhibit emphasizes concept over craft

Redline
2350 Arapahoe St.
Denver, CO 80205
303.296.4448
http://www.redlineart.org

 

 
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