Classical Derision
December 12 – December 20, 2013
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Curated by
- Amber J. Esseiva
Part of
Exhibition Category
Hessel Collection Exhibitions, Student Curated Projects
Classical Derision : Albeit irretrievably broken from its previous contexts. There follows a continual inquiry into classical imagery, still present in works from the nineteen-eighties to the twenty-first century. In this exploration I am arguing for a certain kind of comic nostalgia alive within the reproduction of classical iconography both apparent through cynicism and reverence.