Intro
Rita Ackermann+Harmony Korine: Shadowfux
Swiss Institute, New York
24 November 2010–30 January 2011
Content
This first exhibition of the collaborative work of New York artist Rita Ackermann and Nashville based director Harmony Korine consisted of large-scale paintings on vinyl and canvas, several drawings as well as one film, creating a grand presentation with dissonant overtones.
Renowned for seminal works in the respective mediums of film and painting, Harmony Korine and Rita Ackermann meet and overlap with their shared interest in unorthodox and mischievous beauty. Central to the praxis of both is the creation of psychologically jarring figures, whose presence is further enhanced by fragmented narratives.
'Shadow Fux', the artists’ first collaborative presentation aims to create a veritable alien, who stalks the viewer from the fringe of the exhibition space. Taking the recent film 'Trash Humpers' (2009) as its point of departure, the exhibition features large scale works in which Ackermann and Korine have collaged, painted, and drawn over stills of the film’s beguiling young bodies with old faces. Produced in a call and response method, the collaboration illustrates the importance of cutting to both artists’ works.
