Art review - In-sex
| Art Review - In-Sex |
| By Stephanie Rogerson - Xtra |
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In-Sex, the group exhibition currently at Spin Gallery, is dedicated to sex-positive perversion. Curator Juno Youn had the rather daunting task of merging 22 participating artists into one space, where each artist approached the subject of sex in divergent and, in some cases, very unusual ways. Using both traditional and new media, the exhibition zeroes in on the tactile nature of sex: its smoothness, stickiness and depth of colour. |
Artist Ab Ovo's small sculpture looks unassuming at first, but close up, the ostrich egg with rubber and metal looks like the latest thing in bondage gear. Its slick style and naughty sensibility is so evocative that it takes (pardon the pun) restraint not to fondle it. Tucked in a corner of the gallery are embellished photographs of 18th-century portraits, where artist Patrick DeCoste reveals a de Sade-esque passion for feces. Across an image of a young boy being spanked Edwardian script states, "It is no longer enough to eliminate and separate shit into its solids and liquid components, to flush and disinfect it. Now, shit has become profitable." Appropriately, the piece is for sale for a mere $400. (Read full article here) |
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