Thoughts on Albert Camus’ Art Exhibition New York
3rd March-16th April 2022 | New York City curated & hosted by Venetia Kapernekas
About
Albert Camus (1913 -1960) poses a crucial question: Is it possible for humans to act in an ethical and meaningful manner, in a silent universe? According to him the answer is yes, as the experience and awareness of the Absurd creates the moral values and also sets the limits of our actions.
Camus separates the modern form of rebellion into two modes. First, there is the metaphysical rebellion, which is “the movement by which man protests against his condition and against the whole of creation.” The other mode, historical rebellion, is the attempt to materialize the abstract spirit of metaphysical rebellion and change the world. In this attempt, the rebel must balance between the evil of the world and the intrinsic evil which every revolt carries, and not cause any unjustifiable suffering.
Participating Artists
Anna Conway, Shirine Gill, Marius Glauer, Constanza Camila Kramer Garfias, Joanna Malinowska, Hope Atherton, Cornelia Thomsen (Curiosity room A), Rocío Inès Marsyas (Curiosity room B).
Alexa, Siri, Landscape’, 2018, oil on panel
30 x 24 1/4 inches, ©Anna Conway, ©Fergus McCaffrey Gallery
’A Fiori (No.1)’ , ‘A Fiori (No.7)’ , ‘A Fiori (No.3)’,
Photographs 2015 ©Shirine Gill ~ photo ©Trinity Lacayo, New York 2022
‘Vingt deux et pas mille’, 2021, jacquard weave and metal eyelets,
145 x 350 cm ©Constanza Camila Kramer Garfias ~ photo ©Trinity Lacayo, New York 2022
‘Tete Rose’, 2020, C-print, ©Marius Glauer, Ceramics ©Jenny Min ~ photos ©Trinity Lacayo, New York 2022
'Untitled' (head), 2018 ©Hope Atherton (Studio: Harlem, New York) & ‘Tiny Apocalypse’, 2021, clay, wood, rawhide cord, pigment ©Jonna Malimowska ©Trinity Lacayo, New York 2022
Cornelia Thomsen (Curiosity room A) ~ photo ©Trinity Lacayo, New York 2022
oil on panel ©Anna Conway, ©Fergus McCaffrey Gallery
Curiosity room B: ‘A Kunstkammer Of Continuity’ 2022, ©Rocío Inès Marsyas ~ photo ©Trinity Lacayo, New York 2022
‘Tiny Apocalypse’, 2021, clay, wood, rawhide cord, pigment ©Joanna Malinowska, ©Canada Gallery New York ~ photo ©Trinity Lacayo, New York 2022
photo ©Trinity Lacayo, New York 2022