![]() The fair will join Art New York at Pier 94, located on the Hudson River at 12th Avenue at 55th Street. The second edition of CONTEXT New York will take place May 3-7, 2017 in Manhattan. Check out my From the Overflowing series at the Black Book Gallery booth (C207) along with new works from David Walker, Shepard Fairey, Dam Lan, Hari and Deepti, Slop, Dan With, Swoon, Martin Whatson, and Crouching Aphrodite. I’m excited to be participating in Context Art 2017. Or as I have rephrased it for pieces in this show, “No one gets out of here alive. Her message is clear: death comes for all of us and this understanding can free us to live fully. As the protector of the disaffected, she is becoming increasingly relevant. ![]() I have chosen to use Santa Muerte as a central figure for the show because she also represents the paradox that something frightening and terrible can ultimately be positive and freeing. In fact, I believe that the current political situation might prove to be the best thing that has happened to this country in many decades. I embrace the complexity of the moment, however, and choose to remain optimistic. ![]() I am using the phrase as the title for this show because we are living in a difficult moment in which many people feel uneasy and distrustful toward the government. Later, after Winston is taken into government custody, Orwell applies the phrase to Room 101, a torture chamber where the lights are literally never off. In its initial context, “the place where there is no darkness” is a place inside Winston’s mind where he can dream safely, where Big Brother can’t access his thoughts, where there are no shadows for the government to hide and watch him. ![]() Consistent with his doublethink motif, the phrase has two opposing meanings. “The place where there is no darkness” is a phrase that appears in critical moments in George Orwell’s 1984. ![]()
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