Lump is pleased to present I Hate This Suffocating Fucking Towne, an installation by the band Xiu Xiu. Lump will host an opening reception on Friday, February 4th from 7 – 10pm during the First Friday Gallery Walk in downtown Raleigh. The exhibition will run from February 4 – 26 and is on view Saturdays from noon - 5pm and by appointment during the week.
In the collected work for this exhibition, the members of Xiu Xiu span their continuing attempts at uprightness and unsparingness.
All of the pieces are symbols of the wreck that is the mind and heart of Xiu Xiu. The band’s songs are about the experiences of child molestation, war, depression, the oppression of small towns, dancing alone too often, violent sex, loneliness, queer politics and the salvation found in cute things.
Highlights include: Bizarre stuffed animals collected from 8 years of touring; a T-shirt written in the band members own blood; a collection of photos of a sex worker in Hanoi that were later used for the cover of the album A Promise; felt art about suicide used for the album Knife Play; felt art stolen from a preschool where one of the band members worked and that was used to decorate the stage during their early shows; photos of sexual escapism and bondage used for the cover of Women as Lovers; plastic sexual organs; photos of children from an AIDS orphanage in Kenya; poster art from the album Dear God, I Hate Myself; brass knuckles; a bejeweled bunny ring; and a locally-directed vitriolic text piece.
Xiu Xiu began as a band in 2002 and have since released 7 LPs, and somewhere between 20 to 30 EPs, collaboration records and 7 inches depending on how one counts. They have played all over the world including Korea, Serbia, Mexico, China, Tasmania, Nova Scotia and Sicily. Xiu Xiu currently resides in Durham, North Carolina.
For further information please contact Bill Thelen at 919-889-2927 or lumpgallery@gmail.com or visit: www.xiuxiu.org
Xiu Xiu
I Hate This Suffocating Fucking Towne
Opening: Friday, February 4th from 7 – 10pm Show Run: February 4 – 26, 2011
Lump 505 South Blount Street, Raleigh, NC 27601 919-889-2927 www.teamlump.org
Gallery hours: Saturdays noon to 5pm or by appointment during the week.
