The new group exhibition at Various Small Fires, Artificial Complexion, is inspired by the work of poet / artist / bohemian Baroness Elsa von Freytag - Loringhoven, an influential
Dadaist figure who collaborated frequently with Man Ray and may have conceived Marcel Duchamp's infamous Fountain.
Not exact matches
In this piece, Ambron uses watercolor and vinyl paint to create a fragmented
figure that shows
Dadaist influence.
Materially reflecting the complexities of individual and collective identity, Les guérillères XII also evokes the uncanny formal ruptures employed by
Dadaist artists in the aftermath of World War I. Perret's
figure in repose occupies the time and space between action and inaction; whilst guns pose a key threat to societies of our time, here this cast resin gun is candy - like, fetishised, temporarily immobilised yet still harbouring potential.
In a contemporary nod to
Dadaist tendencies, the works pay tribute to influential
figures and relics of mass culture.