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June 6 - August 29, 2015Info
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Reception
June 6, 2015 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Scott Greene, Deep State, Oil on canvas on panel, 60 x 84 inches
On view June 6 – August 22, 2015, Deep State features paintings and prints in which the notion of power appears as a deep and abiding thread. A video project by Kevin Cooley titled Fallen Water (2015) will exhibit concurrently in our dedicated media room. Scott Greene and Kevin Cooley will be present for the exhibition opening on Saturday, June 6, from 3 – 5 pm. Deep State is Greene’s response to current social and environmental issues. The title refers to the belief in a state within a state, an influential alliance of corporations and institutions actively subverting our democratically elected government for profit and power. Consistent with this undercurrent of influence, Greene’s affinity with Romanticism, a more personal and philosophic concept of Deep State, identifies his work within a tradition of narrative landscape, particularly American Sublime and the Hudson River School. Greene’s latest work reflects a crossroads where both past and present meet, and a vision of a dystopian future where popular culture collides with politics, technology and the environment with tragic results. Greene’s post-apocalyptic visions, however, are both sensuous and beautiful, as well as entertaining and humorous. The work seems to suggest that although life as we know it may radically shift, we can learn to adapt and make the best of a bad situation with whatever remains.