You are cordially invited to attend the opening of Furious! The Angry Show.
290 MLK Jr Dr, suite 8, Atlanta, GA
Saturday, June 23rd, 7PM
Those offended by the word "fuck" are invited not to attend.
Featuring the work of:
Thomas Bailey
David Borawski
Cécile Carrière
Woody Cornwell
Jonathan Field
Scott Groeniger
Jenny Hager
G.H. Hovagimyan & Brian Caiazza
John Jennings
David Kasdorf
George Kennedy
Cara Pastore
Dietrich Wegner
Curated by Natacha Roussel
Conceived by Richard Gess
Curatorial Statement
Curating a show with fury as its theme seemed like an exciting endeavor when I first accepted the responsibility. I had visions of Eyedrum transformed into some kind of inferno, a place where visitors would leave feeling shocked, drained, yet exhilarated. I expected artists to present me with their most primal, gestural, out of control work. I have since come to realize that while an artist may be inspired in the midst of a bout with dark forces, the work of art produced, in most cases, will be created after the storm. This often leaves us with work that is extremely self-conscious, almost apologetic, vulnerable. As I sorted through the submissions for the show, I realized that artists, like the rest of us mere mortals, feel overwhelmed and confused. One need only read the newspaper, watch the news, or have an interaction with another human being to find yet another reason to be genuinely outraged. Some of the work I received tried to duplicate these raw feelings, but with moderate success. The pieces I found to be most effective were the ones that expressed a quiet fury of sorts - a reflection of outrage, a snapshot of anger, a meditation on fierceness. In hindsight, I should have expected these results. Though fury is an exciting and exhilarating emotion, when acted upon, it is quite simply destructive. It is my hope that viewers will be inspired by these artists not to deny or be embarrassed by these feelings, but to meditate on them, make sense of them, and transform them into something more constructive.
Natacha Roussel
Curator
June 20th, 2007
Furious