Ken Gonzales-Day 2006
September 7, 2006- October 14, 2006
511 W 25th St
Curated by Bruce Yonemoto
Artist's statement:
Drawing its title from a book manuscript of the same name, Lynching in the West: 1850-1935 considers the transracial nature of lynching in California from statehood to the last recorded lynching in 1935. Given the broad number of people touched by this history (Asians, Anglos, Blacks, and American Indians), many will be surprised to learn that Latinos (Mexican, Mexican American, Chilean, and persons of Latin American descent) were statistically more likely to die of lynching than those of African, Asian or European decent. The work included in the
CUE Art Foundation exhibition considers, and responds to, this historical erasure though a number of conceptual interventions that interrogate the legacy of lynching and its relationship to photography. Such images once circulated as postcards, view cards, and were collected in albums. Today, many of these images continue to circulate through on-line auctions, antique stores, and archival (and not so archival) copy prints. The works included in the exhibition reflect upon this forgotten past while inviting the viewer to consider how these legacies of oppression and denial have been transformed within a more contemporary landscape. Lynching in the West: 1850-1935 is a John Hope Franklin Center book, forthcoming from Duke University Press, 2006.
Art Reviews of Ken Gonzales-Day 2006
New York Times
September 22, 2006 | | Holland Cotter | | "...In each of these pictures, though, the artist has erased the body of the victim, leaving everything else intact. The tree or telegraph post used for the hanging is there; so is the crowd of witnesses and executioners, posing for the camera or staring up at what is now empty space...." |
Books and DVDs related to artists in this show| Location | | | Gallery | CUE Art Foundation | | Address | 511 W 25th St
New York (Chelsea)
NY, 10001
United States | | Phone | 212-206-3583 | | Fax | 212-206-0321 | | Hours | Tue-Sat 10-6 | |
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