all hail friday night tights

Result #1

 for their straightforwardly genderless look. On this whole, Fröms selection seems a little hard on the eyes, and in that way it was perfect. In a single eye, there is no choice but the other: Fröms abstracting, gendered, and largely erotic subject matter may have held the key to the entire exhibition. As for the art, its wise to check out the many paintings and sculptures by many of the other artists in the show: I cant think of a single one that didnt look good in the gallery.

Result #2

all hail friday night tights ersatz as Indian, while Brice Dells fantastical, moth-eating robot pets, and the anthropomorphic Skyspear. In these works, the Indian is always a blend of the absurd and the holy, as it forms the basis of a cathedrally colorful iconography. Cézannes cars, in particular, are made to resemble cacti, and the transformation of the car into a godlike avatar is a revelation in and of itself. In contrast, the statues are made from all kinds of utilitarian materials such as lumber, metal, and plaster, and each is emblazoned with the colors of the Indian outfit. All are about the size of a standard-issue pocketknife. The majority of the sculptures have the same dimensions, so it is difficult to find a perspective from behind the statues. As a result, the viewer is forced to look from the front, which, as if he or she were standing on a tall ladder, creates a precarious position. Moreover, the participants are either standing, climbing over the statues, or squatting down. To be engaged in conversation is to have to participate in a dialogue with the statues. In this context, the very idea of posing is reduced to a minimum.In addition to the sculptures, the exhibition also included drawings and watercolors, and a variety of printed matter including photographs, magazines, and books. But the show seemed to lack a certain critical edge. The artists have often made reference to Utopian visions in their work, but here it was simply a convenient excuse for presenting reproductions of Indian artifacts. If the works are meant to suggest that Indian artifacts are still far from being idealized, they seem to be more about the same as any other trash on the curb. It is a pity, as well as being an embarrassment to have the works displayed like this, because the only sense of vitality is felt in the work itself.

Result #3

!!! –Ronald Jones

Result #4

all hail friday night tights ikebana. The sculpture, which was made in collaboration with Kwan, was divided into two sections, one a series of six horizontal bands, one a series of seven vertically disjointed, overlapping, and alternating white and black leather-like stripes; the other a series of ten rectangular, black-and-white rectangular panels of the same material with a gray-painted border on all four sides. Kwan has used such a complicated, nondescript material before, but the difference here was that in the first case, the contrast between the three-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional sections was inverted and the gap between the two-dimensional and two-dimensional elements was closed, creating a three-dimensional plane that allowed the viewing of the panel to become intimately involved with the wall and the floor. The three-dimensional work was thus one more element of a continuous, continuous continuous line, which could be perceived as a line in itself, and as a line of an abstract plane that could be perceived as a plane.The result of this continuous line was the formal incongruity of the piece, which was also manifested in the two-dimensional works. In the first series of works, Kwan combined the white leather strip with four black leather straps; in the second series, he combined the two strips of leather with six vertical white straps. In the middle of the piece, he placed a black leather strap on top of the white one. But the work, as a whole, was ambiguous and not obvious, because the central line, like the strap, was not apparent from the immediate view. It is as if Kwan had attempted to make the white strap seem almost organic, the black strap almost physical.In the second series of works, Kwan combined the white strap with a black leather strap and a white leather strap, which was now inverted, as if the straps were being pulled from above. The result was more subtle.

Result #5

!!!-Colin Reed