Featuring the work of

Danielle Bernstein
Lisa Lunskaya Gordon
Alex Lindsay
Robert Lorie
William Thomas Porter
Abraham Schroeder
Nicole Seisler
Sean Smith
Dennis Svoronos
Ernest Truely
Ashley Ware

F.E.A.R.
For Embracing American Revolution
Curated by W. Thomas Porter, Nicole Seisler, and Dennis Svoronos

Oct. 14- Nov. 19, 2005
Opening: Oct. 14 5-8pm

The climate of our social arena is changing; ominous apparitions cloud our cultural vision everywhere we look. We find ourselves blind and helpless to the phantoms instilling fear into our nation. They are foreign and American, Christian and Muslim, leaders and followers; the sources are ambiguous but the product is concrete. Our society has been characterized by this transition into pervasive paranoia and national mistrust. The rise of fear culture has not been sudden but the effects are dramatic; from airports to the news, and even in our public schools, the symptoms are visible. This phenomenon has become the American way of life, and it is due time for change.

The works in this show are tangible and immediate, calling to question the effect that American fear culture has on contemporary artists. These artists embody and express this culture to give name and place to it, to be able to recognize and navigate the current of our time, and make efforts towards reversing the tide.

The bayonet occasional table