Part two of Six Degrees of Separation; a group exhibition curated by Joshua Altman, subtitled The Inner Workings of Cold Contact addresses isolated moments of solitude and inner reflection; the exhibition also attempts to address societies’ seemingly inherent need to “look back,” and replay lost moments. The works included address self-reflection, repetition, loss and the decay of cultural memory.

Investigating the aesthetics of cultural decay and personal loss by using both “low-tech” methods of application as evidenced in the “hand work” of Xenobia Bailey, alongside works that utilize the most up-to-date technologies and special effects productions of Mathilde ter Heijne’s videos, the artists in the exhibition express, through a myriad of means, both a personal and, in specific cases, a geographic sense of loss.

Utilizing found images and sound to reference lost childhoods, some of the artists rely on free association and humor in rendering work and reworking images that manage to be both whimsical and monumental by utilizing elements that ultimately relate to pop culture, fashion and pornography, while other artists reinvestigate the socio-political art of the 1920’s, 1940’s and current political events to empower the forgotten and marginalized majorities of society.

Participating artists: Xenobia Bailey, Graciela Fuentes, Ann Hamilton, Scott Hug, Anna Joelsdottir, Kosyo, Dean Monogenis, Maceo Montoya, Dennis Oppenheim, Ester Partegas, Ted Riederer, Marc Swanson, Mathilde ter Heijne, Ike Ude, Brina Thurston, Michael Timpson, Manabu Yamanaka