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Richard Prince, Jason Rhoades,
Miltos Manetas
Alex Katz, Paul McCarthy, Patricia Cronin
Janet Biggs
Risk Hazekamp, Janet Biggs
Patricia Cronin, Mark
Wallinger
Beáta
Veszely
Richard Prince
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horsePLAY
Curated by Barry Rosenberg
September 26 to
November 13 1999
View images from
the opening reception and read critic's reviews here!
Artists
Michael
Ballou
Janet Biggs
Patricia Cronin
Lucy
Gunning
Richard C. Harden
Risk Hazekamp
Alex
Katz
Karen Kilimnik |
Miltos Manetas
Paul McCarthy
Richard
McLean
Richard Prince
Jason Rhoades
Beata
Veszely
Mark Wallinger
Sue
Williams
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In 1982, Hasbro asked little girls, "What do you see when you go
to bed and close your eyes."
"Horses."
Hasbro produced six ponies in "fantasy colors," each with a long
mane and tail. By the end of the next year, girls had purchased $25
million worth of My Little Ponies. Executives attributed their
near-instant success to the combination of popular elements:
"Horses + fashion + hair care = big $$$."
horsePLAY is an exploration more of people than horses. It
examines how we relate to the horse and reflects our diverse
responses. It also concerns romance, obsession, politics, the art
world, and ultimately our own humanity.
Our interest here
has little to do with the genre of traditional equestrian art, and
even less with past animal oriented shows that have objectified
horses, cats and dogs or relegated them to the narrow confines of
“pet” status. The horse in this exhibition stands for many things:
love, aging, power, control, sexuality and gender.
horsePLAY
looks inward, wishing to probe the souls of both the artist and the
viewer. And along the way, it addresses why so many children and
adults develop an intense passion for horses and riding.
The
imaginations of kids of all ages have been sparked by romantic
images of the horse. horsePlay uses fact, fantasy and folktale to
illustrate the connection of the horse and the imagination.
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