La existencia es fértil: el desarme

Randy Wallace

Exposición: Feb 8 – Abr 29, 2007


La exhibición de dos partes WindowWorks de Randy Wallace proyecta tanto una promesa como una advertencia. La existencia es fértil: El desarme se basa en el lado aterrador de los cuentos de hadas. Contra las ventanas de Artpace, el artista ha construido la mitad de una cabaña encantadora pero premonitoria, del tipo visitado por Caperucita Roja o Blancanieves. Una mirada a través de los cristales de la ventana revela un interior no tan soleado sembrado de varios accesorios que aparecerán y desaparecerán antes de que el edificio finalmente se descomponga y desaparezca del sitio. De semana en semana, uno podría descubrir un pastel refrescante, una criatura espeluznante o un leñador fantasmal. La segunda obra, Existence is Fertile: The Exchange , es una pieza de audio a la que se accede marcando un número escrito en la pared de la cabaña. La grabación detallada y metódica amplía el proceso del artista y la naturaleza doblemente inquietante y tranquilizadora del folclore.

Existence is Fertile: Unsettlement,Existence is Fertile: The Exchange

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Randy Wallace

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Randy Wallace’s conceptually driven performances and interactive sculptures utilize play to discomforting ends. Like carnival events gone awry, his installations involve viewers in games of give-and-take that cultivate the awkward. For Tosser (2005) the artist constructed a booth that instructed perplexed participants to “offer” the attendant a personal item, story, or secret. In exchange they could try their hand at a ring toss, throw darts at a balloon, or soak the artist. For Flat Mac (2005) Wallace painted a plywood casket with festive red and white stripes and printed on its lid: Carry Me Out Flat, Bury Me Standing. Heightening the sense of macabre spectacle, the contraption was theatrically lit and threatened to spill its contents while rolling down the incline upon which it was propped.
Randy Wallace received his MFA from The University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, in 2000. He has had solo projects at Blue Star Contemporary Art Center (2005); McNay Art Museum (2005); and Sala Diaz (2004), all in San Antonio, TX. His work has been included in exhibitions such as Southern Space Project, Southern Music Building (2005); New Stars/CAM 19 (2004); and CAM Billboard Project (2005), all in San Antonio, TX.

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