NEW YORK, NY.- Susan Inglett presents
“Bearded”,
new work from GREG SMITH in his third solo exhibition with the gallery
from 30
April to 29 May 2010. The Universe is built from a simple form. That
form is
commonly understood to be an atom and the shape of that form is commonly
understood to be a sphere. For my purposes, I would prefer to see that
shape as
a beard, or at least a caricature of a beard. For better or
worse,
there are associations that go along with the beard: disguise,
masculinity,
Santa Claus, homosexuality, survivalism, fundamentalism, and wisdom, for
example. My beard shape is used to build objects, mechanical devices,
and a set;
these in turn are used to construct a range of scenarios, including
those that
are well outside (and perhaps even antagonistic toward) these familiar
associations and stereotypes.