August 19 - September 26 2008
Reception: Friday, September 5th 7 to 10 PM.
Taking Care of Business is a performance/installation that last the run of the exhibition. The performance is the work process itself: The artist will create a multi-wall mural out of photo-printed post-its that will cover the entire gallery. This post-it mural will depict the social entrapment of the everyday white-collar workforce. In creating this mural, the artist subjects himself to a robotic routine through systematic repetition which will parallel a 9 to 5 office job.
I am mesmerized by the drudgery of daily office routine. The pattern I have established in the creation of these kinds of murals attempts to replicate this drudgery. By subjecting myself to a mind-numbing process, I will also create and exhibit the mental state fallen into in performing iterative tasks. I want the process to be accessible and comprehensible. Spectators will be allowed an intimate look at artists creating rather than merely the finished work. Artist
The materials used are those found in an ordinary offices: a computer to process the image, a printer to transfer the image, and the post-its that will become the mural.
The main objective is to create a strong and disquietingly self-reflexive presence within our work environment - in this case a work environment interlayered with an art environment. The final result will be a minutely detailed and overwhelming visual space. The performance in the space will give viewers a vivid sense of the intensity and effort required to create such a self-contained and self-replicating project.
Immony Men will be at Artspace starting this week, with the gallery returning to regular operating hours on Tuesday August 19th. Do visit the gallery to see the artist at work and check on the progress of the piece.
Reception for the show will take place on Friday, September 5th 7 - 10 pm after the project is completed and will remain on display until the end of September.