At the ARMORY SHOW:..........
Cerealart at The Armory Show - International Fair of New Art
March 5 - 8, 2009
Booth # L-20
Cerealart will be debuting a new print edition Breakfast of Champion
by Hank Willis Thomas & Ryan Alexiev at The 2009 Armory Show.
Hank Willis Thomas & Ryan Alexiev, Breakfast of Champion, 2009 (and detail)
Print Edition of 100, hand-signed and numbered,
Archival Pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 100% cotton rag paper.
40 x 30 inches (102 x 76 cm)
In “Breakfast of Champion” Thomas and Alexiev are commenting on the iconization and consumerization of the President of the United States. The piece appropriates the religious imagery of Byzantine mosaics to create a sugar cereal image of President Obama. Does the election of Barack Obama symbolize a victory of substance over cynicism or of packaging over product? The mosaic proposes the question: “Is Barack Obama a modern messiah in the world of politics or marketing? Perhaps he is both. Only time will tell. Underneath the glossy surface of the piece is the artists’ attempt to understand how to critique and question something they too are seduced by. The sugary sweet mosaic, made of thousands of cereal bits, depicts idea of what a healthily balanced breakfast (democracy) might look like when considering the role that marketing plays in myth building around corporate and political brands.
Please click on the image for a link to more information and complete press release.
Cerealart will also be exhibiting editions by Olaf Breuning, Chris Caccamise, Nathan Mabry, Taylor McKimens, Kenny Scharf, Shinique Smith, Mickalene Thomas, Kehinde Wiley and the Cerealart Portfolio to Benefit YouthAIDS and The Cambodian Children’s Fund with works by Michael Bevilacqua, Jeremy Deller, Kenny Scharf, Laurie Simmons, Shinique Smith, Mickalane Thomas and Kelley Walker.
For more information please contact Cerealart via email info@cerealart.com, call 215.627.5060 or visit www.cerealart.com.
March 5 - 8, 2009
Booth # L-20
Cerealart will be debuting a new print edition Breakfast of Champion
by Hank Willis Thomas & Ryan Alexiev at The 2009 Armory Show.
Hank Willis Thomas & Ryan Alexiev, Breakfast of Champion, 2009 (and detail)
Print Edition of 100, hand-signed and numbered,
Archival Pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 100% cotton rag paper.
40 x 30 inches (102 x 76 cm)
In “Breakfast of Champion” Thomas and Alexiev are commenting on the iconization and consumerization of the President of the United States. The piece appropriates the religious imagery of Byzantine mosaics to create a sugar cereal image of President Obama. Does the election of Barack Obama symbolize a victory of substance over cynicism or of packaging over product? The mosaic proposes the question: “Is Barack Obama a modern messiah in the world of politics or marketing? Perhaps he is both. Only time will tell. Underneath the glossy surface of the piece is the artists’ attempt to understand how to critique and question something they too are seduced by. The sugary sweet mosaic, made of thousands of cereal bits, depicts idea of what a healthily balanced breakfast (democracy) might look like when considering the role that marketing plays in myth building around corporate and political brands.
Please click on the image for a link to more information and complete press release.
Cerealart will also be exhibiting editions by Olaf Breuning, Chris Caccamise, Nathan Mabry, Taylor McKimens, Kenny Scharf, Shinique Smith, Mickalene Thomas, Kehinde Wiley and the Cerealart Portfolio to Benefit YouthAIDS and The Cambodian Children’s Fund with works by Michael Bevilacqua, Jeremy Deller, Kenny Scharf, Laurie Simmons, Shinique Smith, Mickalane Thomas and Kelley Walker.
For more information please contact Cerealart via email info@cerealart.com, call 215.627.5060 or visit www.cerealart.com.
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