The Super Thing: NYC goes DEVO Opening reception: Saturday, May 10, 2008 RSVP: gallery@3rdward.com
On view: Saturday, March 10 - Sunday June 1, 2008 Press preview: 7 - 8 pm Public reception: 8 - 10 pm After party: 10 - 12 am Artist Talk: Friday, May 23, 2008, 7 pm
Brooklyn, NY-The Super Thing: NYC goes DEVO at 3rd Ward is a DEVO inspired group show experience of art, adventure and music featuring 20 Postcard Diaries prints by Mark Mothersbaugh! The Super Thing art exhibition and music event is dedicated to the zealous, jerky synth-powered, midwestern heroes of DEVO and showcases art which shares their bold aesthetics, politics and humor. DEVO has already inspired legions with their politics, new wave getup of nuclear hazmat suits, retro-futuristic plastic pomps, and ziggurat-shaped energy dome flower pot hats and you can expect the same from their art.
In addition to Mark's work, a room in 3rd Ward will be outfitted with a ziggurat-energy dome-shaped Zen Arcade full of interactive art including Molleindustria's latest video game, which joins spiritual deities in a Mortal Combat styled fight over the world. The show also features Yuliya Lanina's indecent robotic Mechanical Dolls, and Mike Dee's layered music videos; D. Dominick Lombardi, Jill Henderson, Victor Cox, and Paul McGuirk's mutants; Wayne Coe's dismembered soldiers; Michael Robinson's ingenious stealthy logos; and Marcos Lorn Ortega's ink drawings. Visitors will also be encouraged to enlist in Cassie Thornton's Future Inc. consultant project which assists artists in navigating the corporate art world.
Opening night will be a Super Thing Circus with live music, interactive art, limited edition merchandise, and a cyber appearance by Mark Mothersbaugh himself. Guests are encouraged to get dressed DEVO style!� And photographers will be on hand to capture the insanity. Curator Alison B. Levy reminds us, Collectively, we creatively, are ready to do what we must do for the super thing! Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are DEVO!
For press inquires and visuals, please contact Alison B. Levy at 914.772.3974. For 3rd Ward press inquires, please contact Nikki Bagli at nbagli@3rdward.com.
Mark Mothersbaugh During his downtime on early worldwide tours with DEVO, Mark began illustrating on postcards to send to his friends and family, which he still creates, and has been creating every day for over 30 years. It's an obsessive habit/hobby, which still yields anywhere from one to a couple dozen new postcard-sized images per day. You can find more info on Mark?s visual art at mutatovisual.com.
The Gallery at 3rd Ward draws its tone from the creative facilities surrounding it. Be it metalwork or sound, photography or movement, we are always seeking out the grey area between mediums. Collaborations and cross-media work receive the main spotlight, while innovation and humor hold their own. Our role as part of the 3rd Ward team is to support artists in realizing their creative vision. For more information please call at 718.715.4961.
The 2008 SPRING SOLO SHOW Artist has been Selected!!! After months of agonizing over many amazing submissions we would like to announce the 2008 Spring Solo Show Artist, Jeremy Leichman! Thanks again to all the artists who sent us their work. Check Jeremy out at http://www.3rdward.com/gallery/solo-pernod-final.
The Selected Artist will receive: $1000 cash grant from Pernod 2-month residency at 3rd Ward with Full access to studios and facilities Exhibition and huge opening reception at 3rd Ward in June City-wide press exposure
