US Eastern Spirituality as a Group Show at the Copy Cat
RADAR REDUX
March 29, 2011
MARYLAND - The group show Venn Diagram, which consists of drawings, paintings, video and interactive works is currently on view on the fifth floor of the Copy Cat building. Several of the works in the show convey a preoccupation with the eastern spirituality. A persistent concern with eastern spirituality has been in evidence in Baltimore art for a couple years. The spiritual has a funny relationship to visual culture. Spiritual belief or practice is made known through visible signs – religious garments, religious tokens, religious architecture. At the same time, the visible is constantly in conflict with the unseen. The material corrupts the spiritual, and the spiritual becomes a pose, yoga and meditation become fashion. That’s where, according to Gavin, Roche picks it up, once the trappings of eastern sects become part of trash culture. [link]
March 29, 2011
MARYLAND - The group show Venn Diagram, which consists of drawings, paintings, video and interactive works is currently on view on the fifth floor of the Copy Cat building. Several of the works in the show convey a preoccupation with the eastern spirituality. A persistent concern with eastern spirituality has been in evidence in Baltimore art for a couple years. The spiritual has a funny relationship to visual culture. Spiritual belief or practice is made known through visible signs – religious garments, religious tokens, religious architecture. At the same time, the visible is constantly in conflict with the unseen. The material corrupts the spiritual, and the spiritual becomes a pose, yoga and meditation become fashion. That’s where, according to Gavin, Roche picks it up, once the trappings of eastern sects become part of trash culture. [link]
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