Melanie Gilligan
13 Dec 2016 - 25 Feb 2017
Melanie Gilligan, Parts-wholes [installation view], 2016, Wattis Institute
Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Max Mayer, Düsseldorf
Photo: Johnna Arnold
Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Max Mayer, Düsseldorf
Photo: Johnna Arnold
MELANIE GILLIGAN
Parts-wholes
13 December 2016 – 25 February 2017
Curated by Leila Grothe
The system is broken. The system is rigged. Statements like these are familiar to a politically polarized American public, but rarely does political rhetoric go beyond the sound bite. The celebrity dimension of politics distracts from a detailed understanding of the economic forces that shape our lives. But Melanie Gilligan pays close attention to those forces.
Through complex installations of her low-budget films, Gilligan offers reflections on life in late capitalism. Blurring the distinctions among episodic television, documentary film, gallery exhibition, and theater, she presents perceptive assessments of the political conditions of our time.
More information coming soon.
Melanie Gilligan (b. 1979, Toronto, Canada) lives and works between New York and London. She is the 2016 Capp Street artist in residence.
Parts-wholes
13 December 2016 – 25 February 2017
Curated by Leila Grothe
The system is broken. The system is rigged. Statements like these are familiar to a politically polarized American public, but rarely does political rhetoric go beyond the sound bite. The celebrity dimension of politics distracts from a detailed understanding of the economic forces that shape our lives. But Melanie Gilligan pays close attention to those forces.
Through complex installations of her low-budget films, Gilligan offers reflections on life in late capitalism. Blurring the distinctions among episodic television, documentary film, gallery exhibition, and theater, she presents perceptive assessments of the political conditions of our time.
More information coming soon.
Melanie Gilligan (b. 1979, Toronto, Canada) lives and works between New York and London. She is the 2016 Capp Street artist in residence.