Theo Michael in La Tempestad Magazine

Now What, Gildar Gallery, Denver

now what

Debora Delmar Corp
Francisco Cordero Oceguera
Alex DeCarli
Adrienne Garbini
Natalia Ibáñez Lario
Adriana Lara
Theo Michael
Dmitri Obergfell
Zach Reini
SANGREE

Curated By: Brett W Schultz

June 11 — July 19, 2015

Opening Reception
Thursday, June 11, 2015 | 7-9pm

There’s a thin line between TED and fiction. Last week I went to see my shrink. I told him, I’m thinking about becoming a Futurist. He said, that’s fantastic news, I’ll take next week’s payment in advance.

I was having panic attacks about the Singularity. I said to my wife, I’m worried I’ll be replaced by a machine. She said, that reminds me, I need some AA batteries.

And you may ask yourself: how did I get here? Originally, this was a show about uh-oh. But, at the end, it’s probably much more about meh. If the present moment – now – perpetually rings of hope, outrage, exhilaration, fear, sweaty anticipation and/or collective hysteria, then this show is the moment that immediately follows, when now fails to meet the future scripted for it. The let-down, the bounce-back. Situation Normal: All Fucked Up. Same as it ever was.




The other day, I tried asking Siri for directions. She told me to get lost.

Civilizations, as organizing systems, have incredible inertia but they also tend to sugar-coat our primitivism. We, as humans, are governed by a biochemistry that’s often at odds with that which we seek to achieve. We are not rational actors. This show is okay with that. This show is not in control. This show identifies with you. This show totally understands your issues.

From retail therapy to buyer’s remorse, what we all get in the end is dirty laundry. The alarm always rings just the same the morning after doomsday.

So let’s talk about now. Because if that’s all there is, my friends, then let’s keep dancing. Let’s break out the booze and have a ball, if that’s all there is.

— BWS

Gildar Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition anticipating the upcoming 2015 Biennial of the Americas themed Now. On view from June 11th to July 19th, 2015, now what  features contemporary works probing an anxious moment, an ever so slightly post-present that hasn’t lived up to expectations of a fantastic future––neither utopian nor dystopian. Guest curator Brett W. Schultz, co-director of Yautepec Gallery and Material Art Fair in Mexico City, has gathered ten artists who puckishly engage this nagging cultural malaise. 

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterwards.

Much like satirist Kurt Vonnegut revealed the pains of the human condition with absurd science fictions, the artists in now what employ altered realities and a dark comic language to wag a middle finger in the direction of contemporary unease. However, well after the debunking of Modernism’s singular narrative, and the persistent flatlining of Post Modern pluralities, the obliteration of any convincing plot seems likely. Rather than trying to steer the ship back on course or succumbing to existential apathy, these artists all appear to bask in uncertainty — wryly examining, appropriating and at times exacerbating the mechanisms of a societal machine barreling along without a clear direction.  

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Theo Michael, Idolio Gigas Harold "Sonny" White, 2014

Debora Delmar Corp.

Adrienne Garbini, How is it, 2012

Debora Delmar Corp, Potential Customers (Paco Rabanne 1 Million), 2015

Francisco Cordero Ocegura, Dust (to those looking for abandoned ideas), 2015

Francisco Cordero Oceguera, No other world (reduced intimate moment), 2015

Theo Michael, Untitled, 2013

Theo Michael, Idolio Superama, 2014

Zach Reini, Independence Days (10 months, 2 weeks, 4 days), 2014 – 2015 (ongoing)

Greased @ The Breeder Playroom, Athens

GREASED Ao4s, Yann Gerstberger, Theo Michael Curated by Dark Arts International Opening Thursday 16 April 2015, 8-10pm Exhibition Dates: Friday 17 April 12-8pm, Saturday 18 April 12-6pm Address: 45 Iasonos st, 10436, Athens The Breeder Playroom presents "Greased" curated by Dark Arts International. The project includes works by Ao4s, Yann Gerstberger and Theo Michael. Dark Arts International is a roving curatorial platform founded in Mexico City. A loose configuration of artists and curators, it eschews manifest agendas for site-specific interventions, projects and exhibitions. There is no determined roster of members or collaborators, though they number many, both domestically and abroad. Contingency, multiplicity and shifting parameters are all operative terms, as is an impetus to undermine preset programs with nomadic chance.

Alotropos @ Museo Universitario Del Chopo

http://www.chopo.unam.mx/exposiciones/Alotropos.html

NO SOUND @ Galeria Millan, Sao Paulo

Rodrigo Cass-Sofia Borges

Rafael Carneiro

Erika Verzutti

Theo Michael

Art Basel Miami Beach Film Sector curated by David Gryn

Nightly (December 3 – 6)
SoundScape Park Evening Film Program
Outdoor screenings will take place in SoundScape Park on the 7,000-square-foot outdoor
projection wall of the New World Center, a three-minute walk from the Miami Beach
Convention Center. Admission to Film at SoundScape Park is free. Visitors are
encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs.

Saturday, December 6 | 9pm | The Magic of Things
Running time 70'
This program is inspired by and will feature Mark Wallinger's The Magic of Things (2010),
a video of edited scenes from the popular 1970s TV sitcom Bewitched, in which everyday
objects such as knives or glasses are magically moved by the good witch Samantha.
Films with a similarly playful approach will be presented, interspersed with hand-drawn
animations from the Japanese artist Atsushi Kaga.
Atsushi Kaga, Hole 1, 2007, 42'', mother’s tankstation
David Shrigley, Ones, 2009, 2'24'', Stephen Friedman Gallery
Brian Alfred, Under Thunder and Fluorescent Lights, 2014, 3',
Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe
Atsushi Kaga, Hole 2, 2007, 28'', mother’s tankstation
Hiraki Sawa, Hako, 2006, 4', James Cohan Gallery
Takeshi Murata, OM Rider, 2013, 11'39'', Salon 94, Ratio 3
Atsushi Kaga, Hole 3, 2007, 28'', mother’s tankstation
Robin Rhode, Paper Planes, 2009, 2'40'', Lehmann Maupin
Theo Michael, The Splendour of the Heavens, 2008, 10', Galería OMR
David Shrigley, The Artist, 2012, 2'24'', Stephen Friedman Gallery
Hiraki Sawa, Migration, 2003, 6', James Cohan Gallery
Mark Wallinger, The Magic of Things, 2010, 10'32'', Galerie Krinzinger
Atsushi Kaga, Hole 4, 2007, 31'', mother’s tankstation
Cécile B. Evans, The Brightness, 2014, 4’48’’, Courtesy of the artist
Brent Green, To Many Men Strange Fates Are Given, 2011-2012, 10'15'',
Andrew Edlin Gallery
Atsushi Kaga, Hole 5, 2007, 41'', mother’s tankstation

David Shrigley

SOMA Auction, 5th November at 19:00

http://somamexico.org/

Lodos at Peregrine Program, Chicago

d h c m r l c h t d j;
or true facts about stones;
or the race with the tortoise.

Oa4s
Noah Barker
Erin Jane Nelson
Timothy James Kelly
Nico Colón
Theo Michael
Temra Pavlovic
Jack Heard

lodos at PeregrineProgram, Chicago. 



http://lodosgallery.info/lodosatperegrine.html

Jack Heard, 92101-3Q000SONATA, 1959.
Bright light.

Timothy James Kelly, To wash my eyelids in the rain, 2014.
Becks Beer, Reading Glasses, Ground.

Noah Barker, (for projector), 2014.
Steel.
dimensions variable.

Oa4s, As Much, 2014.
Mud.

Temra Pavlovic, Black Mountain live stream, 2014.
Video and audio.
7:00 min.

Nico Colón, Boxers, 2014.
Inkjet and oil on vinyl.
130 cm x 95 cm

Theo Michael, Human Highlight Film, 2011.
Digital Print.
130 cm x 90 cm.

Theo Michael, Bankruptcy in HD, 2011.
Digital print. 
130 cm x 90 cm.

Delusions Of Decay

Vernacular Alchemists at CAC Passerelle

http://www.cac-passerelle.com/exposition/vernacular-alchemists-2