And in a year during which our national
body politic often consists of how much pain those in power are willing to inflict
upon those in more vulnerable positions, great art is one of the few places where we can experience the best parts of ourselves.
Through this introspective yet performance - oriented approach, Linwood often depicts scenes of everyday life, deploying cross-referencing techniques to investigate different kinds of narrative while highlighting the effects of time and
politics upon artifacts, social practices and human
bodies.
With a particular focus on an examination of subculture communities, Opie's photographs unite current day
politics and societal structures with a classical art aesthetic, culminating in a
body of work that expands
upon the tradition of documentary photography as well as the greater art historical canon.
2006
Body Politics: Figurative Prints and Drawings from Schiele to De Kooning, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN Fairy Tale, Myth and Fantasy: Approaches to Spirituality in Art, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY Inner Worlds Outside, Fundacion La Caixa, Madrid [itinerary: Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland Into Me / Out of Me, MoMA P.S. 1, New York, NY [catalogue] Keeping Secrets, Hayward Gallery Touring Project, London [itinerary: Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University, Newcastle
upon Tyne, UK] Musgrave Kinley Outsider Collection, Tate Britain, London, UK Parallel Visions II, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY Inner Worlds Outside, Fundación La Caxia, Madrid, Spain; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland Keeping Secrets, Hayward Gallery Touring, London, UK; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle
upon Tyne, UK Bang!