ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
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| "Mother and Child" (2011) stainless steel by Matt Johnson |
NEW YORK - Matt Johnson's "Mother and Child" is featured in the James Cohan Gallery's exhibition "Object Fictions" thru today (Feb 11). Joining a diverse group of artists whose works investigate notions of perception, in its many definitions, these artists explore the potential of ordinary objects, historical events, invented narratives and in some cases even other artworks, to expose reality through the lens of fiction. Through sustained looking, the works in this exhibition challenge us to consider what constitutes an object, an image, and in the broadest sense, what constitutes truth. Johnson’s "Mother and Child" (2011) wryly plays with the sanctity of representing these revered religious figures in art history, transforming Mary and the infant Jesus into a duct-tape sculpture cast in stainless steel.
James Cohan Gallery, 533 West 26th Street New York NY [
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