Between Currencies

BETWEEN CURRENCIES | RECEPTION FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 2010

Opening Reception: Friday, August 6, 5 - 8 pm
Shows Run: July 30 - September 11, 2010

In his first solo exhibition at the gallery, Between Currencies, Erik Parra examines the tension between the meticulously cut and the shredded with his sharp juxtaposition of vintage pop media clippings and multicolored paper cutouts. These images dwell in a strange temporality, serving both as documentation of the past and a proactive peek into future shapings of collective hopes and dreams. The tangled layers of artificiality eminent in both the medium and the message- between black and white and RGB, history and desire, question the relevance of a search for American authenticity.

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