Division of Labor
Jess Wheaton & Jon Tracy
Opening Friday, January 15,2010 7pm
runs from Jan. 15 to Feb. 13, 2010
In summer 2006 a disquieting study undertaken by the General Social Survey was published in the American Sociological Review. It had been found that a quarter of Americans say they have no one with whom they can discuss personal troubles, more than double the number who were similarly isolated in 1985. An increasingly fragmented society means that the psychological and civic benefits of intimate social ties are evaporating, and in these current hard times, far more people appear to suffer alone.
Wheaton and Tracy, both born near the first study, and both Americans who have lived in other countries, study both meanings of the phrase Division of Labor through their practice. Together they act as both a "contingent" of labor, laboring in the name of partnership, and as artists dividing between themselves the work they believe needs to be done. Tracy's paintings place people from his life in fantastic, combinative settings suggestive of the nature of globalization. Within these environments, his figures tackle real-world challenges through his lens of personal symbolism. Wheaton's paintings and installations explore ways of making both historically "universal," as well as subjective thought and understanding, readable. This method conveys a deep faith in visual logic, while commenting on the impossibility of objective understanding.
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Hello Efren, thank you for posting about our show. I discovered your site just now in trying to find more about the Fifty Fifty's current show, and then thought to look for myself here too. Keep up the good n selfless work of promoting the Victoria scene.
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