ACFNY RECOMMENDS | EXHIBITION OPENING | WE MARRY CARS

EXHIBITION RUNS FROM WEDNESDAY JUN 01 – SATURDAY JUN 18

The group exhibition We Marry Cars at gallery onetwentyeight in New York shows a video of a GT3 RS model in gold. Artist Johannes Langeder claims it is “the world’s slowest Porsche.” We Marry Cars plays not only with words but also with images and ideas. In reality, it’s a mock Porsche powered by a hidden bicycle. We Marry Cars offers 17 artistic perspectives on mobility, transport, on the essence of movements and dreams. The exhibition includes mixed tapes originally recorded on audio cassettes for cruising (franzthomaspeter), photographs of “landscapes” (Norbert Artner) one would usually pass by in a car, Leo Schatzl’s Canopy consisting of a protective car cover representing the space an automobile occupies in our environment. Daniela Gallée’s works define territories, boundaries and the in-betweens.

We-Marry-Cars. A-meri-ca. The onomatopoetic similarity is obvious. And astonishing. America would not be the same without the automobile. The title of the show also points to the various aspects of the car in society. Streets are not only becoming runways for our civilization but can also be a dead end. An idea which is especially poignant considering last year’s collapse of the automotive industry.

VENUE
gallery onetwentyeight
128 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002
(between Essex Street & Norfolk Street )
212-674-0244

For more information, please visit gallery onetwentyeight