The Manatee
@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
319 N Albany ave,Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, March 18th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, April 28th
The Manatee
takes things where they are
is deviant
is perverse
does things wrong
is power in a quiet fuck
The manatee, as we know it, is a large aquatic relative of the elephant. They are semi-social animals that are known to travel, investigate objects, and socialize by interacting with other manatees. Manatees gather in groups varying widely in respect to size, sex or age and disperse casually. Manatees also play follow-the-leader where two or more manatees move together in single file synchronizing all of their activities including breathing, diving, and changing direction. Much like our aquatic counterparts, artists too float and mix with each other traveling together, investigating objects, and taking turns leading and following.
As defined for this exhibition, The Manatee is the giant web of connections that represents a network of working artists. The Manatee is made of artists who have secondary incomes to their work–artists who are also teachers, students, art administrators, preparators, writers… The Manatee, as exhibited, is a visual discourse examining how mentees become mentors that generate commonalities reverberating through artistic practices.
The Manatee is not an homage to mentors, it recognizes the give and take of mentor/mentee relationships. And as with human relationships it is imperfect discourse because the artists within the exhibition see something in someone else, in that same network, that reflects themselves. The artists within The Manatee cultivate education for themselves.
Work by:
Annie Bielski
Roger Danilo Carmona
Dawn Cerny
Dylan Marcus Corbett
Ryan Crowley
Taylor Davis
Meg Duguid
Rachael Fischer
Kelly Kaczynski
Ashley King
Julia Klein
Susan Klein
L Koo
Fawn Krieger
Judy Linn
Adam Marnie/Kevin Zucker
Nancy Shaver
Oliver Strand
William Wheeler
Cori Williams
Amanda Wojick
Mark Wonsidler
The Manatee is on view at Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago through April 28, 2018.
Image Credit: Nancy Shaver, Spillage, 2015, wooden blocks, Japanese fabric, dress fabric, paper, Flashe acrylic, house paint, oil pastel, 10-1/2” x 10-1/2” x 3”
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Tags: Amanda Wojick, annie bielski, Ashley King, Chicago, Cori Williams, Dawn Cerny, Dylan Marcus Corbett, East Garfield Park, Fawn Krieger, Illinois, Judy Linn, Julia Klein, Kelly Kaczynski, Kevin Zucker, L Koo, Mark Wonsidler, Meg Duguid, Nancy Shaver, Oliver Strand, Rachael Fischer, Roger Danilo Carmona, Ryan Crowley, Susan Klein, Taylor Davis, The Manatee, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago, William Wheeler
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