We Don’t Want Your MTV
@ Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7th floor, Chicago IL 60603
On view through Saturday, February 15th
Drawn from Video Data Bank’s significant collection, We Don’t Want Your MTV considers the influence of television on a generation of artists who came of age during the legendary music program’s reign, starting in 1981. An exhibition and screening program will feature artists’ videos that can be seen as both response to, and provocation of, mainstream television and commercial music videos, and all that they represent. The works use various forms of address to touch on political, social, cultural, and domestic issues attendant to the cultural life of the times. Artists include Max Almy, Glenn Belverio, Sadie Benning, Ximena Cuevas, Jenny Holzer, Miranda July, Sterling Ruby, Martine Syms, and more.
Ximena Cuevas, La Tombola, still from video.
Image copyright of the artist, courtesy of Video Data Bank at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, vdb.org
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Tags: Chicago, Glenn Belverio, Jenny Holzer, Loop, Martine Syms, Max Almy, Miranda July, Sadie Benning, Sterling Ruby, Sullivan Galleries, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, video data bank, We Don't Want Your MTV, Ximena Cuevas
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