Art

EXHIBITIONS

Short Circuit
Curated by Elizabeth Lalley

Through photography, collage, video, and textile, the four artists in Short Circuit respond to the circulation of imagery and information within digital mass media, as they disrupt, reject, or dissect contemporary modes of image production and consumption.

Employing strikingly different visual languages and critical sensibilities, these artists are united by an attempt to redirect digital currents towards a material grounding, rooted in the messiness of human output. At moments wry and dissonant, each work in the exhibition draws out issues of identity, subjectivity, and politics embedded in globalized media.

With Barber, Sheida Soleimani, Cassie Tompkins, and Lauren Valley

ACRE Projects, Chicago, IL
April 6–28, 2018

Review by By KT Hawbaker