... in a most dangerous manner

SPACES
2220 Superior Viaduct
Cleveland OH 44113
216.621.2314

January 29–March 26
" ... in a most dangerous manner"

Curated by Steven Lam and Sarah Ross


"'... in a most dangerous manner' serves as a working research archive that demonstrates how 'economic crises' have often been used to restructure and restore class divisions. The exhibition seeks to recast current economic conditions as not quite a crisis, a temporal anomaly, nor a failure in governmental regulations, but as a cycle common to the last 150 years of American (and increasingly global) financial markets. Employing abstraction, metaphor, and narrative, the artists inject their work into current discussions surrounding economic recovery and stability, while imagining potential exits from this system.

Featuring projects from a mix of emerging and established national artists, "...in a most dangerous manner" showcases art, a publication, found objects, documents, screenings, performances, and town-hall discussions. The exhibition presents work that names and locates the various physical and material sites that have been invested, degraded, and subsequently contaminated by a culture of market-driven speculation.

Artists presenting in the exhibition include Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber, Julia Christensen, Elaine Gan, Benj Gerdes and Jennifer Hayashida, Lize Mogel, Claire Pentecost, Ohio University School of Art Critical Regionalism Initiative (Kainaz Amaria, Matthew Friday, Ray Klimek, Jeff Lovett, Yates McKee, Jason Nein, Spurse), Katya Sander, and Allan Sekula."

[Text and graphic from Spaces website. Caption: "Image courtesy of Claire Pentecost." Cross-posted to Signal Fire.]