I Like the Art World
and the Art World Likes Me
Image: Filip Noterdaeme. Photo courtesy Daniel Isengart, 200
Conrad Bakker
Marc Bijl
Jennifer Dalton
Eric Doeringer
Nancy Drew
Bill Drummond
Alex Gingrow
Grennan & Sperandio
Aneta Grzeszykowska
Charles Gute
Nate Harrison
Pablo Helguera
Dan Levenson / Little Switzerland
The Matthew Higgs Society
Loren Munk
Filip Noterdaeme
Laurina Paperina
William Powhida
Ward Shelley
Jade Townsend
January 14 - March 5, 2011
I Like the Art World and the Art World Likes Me features artists whose subject matter is the art world. The title plays on Joseph Beuys's infamous performance I Like America and America Likes Me, in which the German artist inhabited a small gallery alongside a coyote. Organized by "bootleg" artist Eric Doeringer, I Like the Art World and the Art World Likes Me explores the fraught relationship between emerging artists and the established art world. The exhibition title can be read as either sincere or sarcastic, as these artists all have "love/hate" relationships with the art world. They desire to participate more fully and to be recognized but are simultaneously repulsed by some key aspects. There is a critical or iconoclastic character to much of the work, but also a great deal of reverence. Despite their criticism these artists clearly love art.
Events:
Friday January 14, 2011: Opening event performance
Saturdays January 15-March 5, 1-6 pm: Homeless Museum of Art (HOMU) Booth
Thursday, February 3, 6:30 pm: Panel discussion featuring curator Eric Doeringer in conversation with exhibiting artists Jennifer Dalton, Loren Munk, and William Powhida
Thursday, February 17, 6:30 pm: How’s My Dealing?
Press:
I Like the Art World and the Art World Likes Me written by Melissa Frost for whitelinehotels.com
I Like the Art World and the Art World Likes Me by Rozalia Jovanovic for Flavorpill
I Like the Art World and the Art World Likes Me on ArtCat
Interview With Curator Eric Doeringer on Bad at Sports
I Like the Art World and the Art World Likes Me by Christopher Howard for Artforum
I Like the Art World and the Art World Likes Me by Priya Bhatangar for Frieze Magazine
I Like the Art World and the Art World Likes Me on Art Fag City