Bozidar Brazda
01 Dec 2005 - 10 Mar 2006
BOZIDAR BRAZDA
EyeShadow
A group of disheveled teens spill in through a false front entrance. They are dressed in long, shapeless woolen knits (mostly in muted rainbow tones), worn jeans and muddy boots. Boys and girls (distinguishable only by the pitch of their voices)whisper in a language that the viewer decides is Danish (sub-titles may appear to those who choose to ingest the root * once it is ground up and added
to cassis and wine). “Nar vi finder hende, skal vi feste!" calls out a girl. “Hvorfor vente?” responds her friend. He steps into a separate room and inspects a large watercolor. He drags his finger across its frame and listens closely for the whir of some hidden black camera beneath the glass and drywall. Just then a small burst of applause is
heard emanating from a room where a plaster actress is sleeping (is this their vanished actor or just some effigy?). Her blonde hair is up in a Crown braid and a gold chain hangs from her make-up mirror (this means more ‘shrooms, pink pills, and maybe even a jammed-up Soviet era handgun if they decide to steal it!). Meanwhile, frantic music (Lost Kids? Sods? Kalashnikov?) pours out from the gallery’s projection room. They flop to the floor in a pile and are positioned just so, handsomely as it were. Bottles of wine are passed around and militant mottos ring-out before each sip. A pulse of red/green light washes over them. And each one is now like the next, a colored shadow. etc.etc.
EyeShadow, a new, mixed-media work by New York based artist Bozidar Brazda, will be on view at The Moore Space in Miami from December 1, 2005-March 10, 2006. This is the latest installment in a series of overlapping, narrative installations that Brazda has been developing over the past two years. The video, watercolors and sculpture in EyeShadow hint at a plot involving Danish punks in search of the vanished star of a banned Eastern Bloc film.
Bozidar Brazda was born in Cambridge, Canada in 1972. Recent exhibitions include The Journalist, Haswellediger & Co. New York (2004); Greater New York, PS1/MoMA (2005); Girls on Film, Zwirner & Wirth, New York (2005) .
The Moore Space is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to multi-disciplinary contemporary art practices. It offers a year-round program including exhibitions, educational programs, internships, artist residencies, lectures, and performances. Since its founding in 2001 by collector Rosa de la Cruz together with Craig Robins, an integral part of its exhibition program has been to invite guest curators to contribute new ideas and new thought to the organization and the Miami arts community at large. The sponsors of the exhibition include: Rosa de la Cruz, Craig Robins and Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Cultural Affairs Council and The Mayor and the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners.
The Moore Space is located in Miami’s Design District, at 4040 NE 2nd Avenue, 2nd Floor. Exhibition hours are Wednesday-Saturday from 10 am to5 pm, and by appointment. For more information, please call 305.438.1163, or visit our Web site at www.themoorespace.org
© Bozidar Brazda
Courtesy of Haswellediger & Co., New York
EyeShadow
A group of disheveled teens spill in through a false front entrance. They are dressed in long, shapeless woolen knits (mostly in muted rainbow tones), worn jeans and muddy boots. Boys and girls (distinguishable only by the pitch of their voices)whisper in a language that the viewer decides is Danish (sub-titles may appear to those who choose to ingest the root * once it is ground up and added
to cassis and wine). “Nar vi finder hende, skal vi feste!" calls out a girl. “Hvorfor vente?” responds her friend. He steps into a separate room and inspects a large watercolor. He drags his finger across its frame and listens closely for the whir of some hidden black camera beneath the glass and drywall. Just then a small burst of applause is
heard emanating from a room where a plaster actress is sleeping (is this their vanished actor or just some effigy?). Her blonde hair is up in a Crown braid and a gold chain hangs from her make-up mirror (this means more ‘shrooms, pink pills, and maybe even a jammed-up Soviet era handgun if they decide to steal it!). Meanwhile, frantic music (Lost Kids? Sods? Kalashnikov?) pours out from the gallery’s projection room. They flop to the floor in a pile and are positioned just so, handsomely as it were. Bottles of wine are passed around and militant mottos ring-out before each sip. A pulse of red/green light washes over them. And each one is now like the next, a colored shadow. etc.etc.
EyeShadow, a new, mixed-media work by New York based artist Bozidar Brazda, will be on view at The Moore Space in Miami from December 1, 2005-March 10, 2006. This is the latest installment in a series of overlapping, narrative installations that Brazda has been developing over the past two years. The video, watercolors and sculpture in EyeShadow hint at a plot involving Danish punks in search of the vanished star of a banned Eastern Bloc film.
Bozidar Brazda was born in Cambridge, Canada in 1972. Recent exhibitions include The Journalist, Haswellediger & Co. New York (2004); Greater New York, PS1/MoMA (2005); Girls on Film, Zwirner & Wirth, New York (2005) .
The Moore Space is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to multi-disciplinary contemporary art practices. It offers a year-round program including exhibitions, educational programs, internships, artist residencies, lectures, and performances. Since its founding in 2001 by collector Rosa de la Cruz together with Craig Robins, an integral part of its exhibition program has been to invite guest curators to contribute new ideas and new thought to the organization and the Miami arts community at large. The sponsors of the exhibition include: Rosa de la Cruz, Craig Robins and Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Cultural Affairs Council and The Mayor and the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners.
The Moore Space is located in Miami’s Design District, at 4040 NE 2nd Avenue, 2nd Floor. Exhibition hours are Wednesday-Saturday from 10 am to5 pm, and by appointment. For more information, please call 305.438.1163, or visit our Web site at www.themoorespace.org
© Bozidar Brazda
Courtesy of Haswellediger & Co., New York