Previous Exhibitions
Sep 04-Sep 21 2006 Reasonable/Unreasonable: A new normalizing discourse
Sometimes it is difficult to differentiate between the “raving lunatic” screaming some apocalyptic vision into a megaphone on the street corner and a concerned citizen taking part in an anti or pro-anything rally in front of the capitol. Apart form the specific topic, they both look pretty “crazy,” certainly not like you. It has been argued, that those who are “normal,” the ones with the political, social and economic power, are responsible for blurring this line, for establishing a discourse that not only pushes all those who dissent (the others) to the fringes of society, but also for actually creating their subordinate identities. Those who are “normal” then get to decide what is reasonable and unreasonable with virtually no dissent from those within and are able to classify the totality of “others” as deviants. This exhibition brings together nine artists from across the US whose work addresses this system of ideas and knowledge. Their work questions and perhaps even alters the current idea of consensus, of what is reasonable or unreasonable.
Participating Artists:
Denise Burge (OH) |
Stephen Chalmers (WA) |
MB Condon (WA) |
Samantha DiRosa (WA) |
Douglas Gast (WA) |
Richard Fruth (OH) |
Patrick Mills (OH) |
David Rosenthal (OH) |
Joseph Stengel (WA) |
Images from the exhibition:
 Samantha DiRosa |
 Richard Fruth |
 David Rosenthal |
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 Stephen Chalmers |
 Denise Burge |
 MB Condon (detail) |
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