An invite for you and Lonely boy. Photo from RocksBox. SHOOT YOU – SHOOT ME
Modou Dieng & Damien Gilley, 02.14.09 – 03.01.09
Opening reception for the artists: Saturday, February 14, 2009 7-11 p.m.
ROCKSBOXFINEART, 6540 N. INTERSTATE AVE. @ PORTLAND BLVD. ROSA PARKS WAY e: rocksbox@comcast.net ph: 503.516.4777 web: www.rocksboxfineart.com pub: www.rocksbooks.com, gallery hours: sat-sun 12-6 p.m. or by appointment
In the exhibition SHOOT YOU – SHOOT ME artists Modou Dieng and Damien Gilley will examine the relationship between contemporary guerilla warfare, high fashion, and the artists approach to the creative process, while attempting to breakdown the predictability of perceived artistic production, display, and the consumption of mass imagery. The artists of SHOOT YOU – SHOOT ME will serve as rebellious infiltrators, presenting work through a process that mirrors the stages of the marketing of culturally consumable imagery to the en masse public. Their work explores the concept of passive sociological complicity through the exploration of warfare, advertising, role- playing, and the activities of leisure as critique of contemporary culture.
