Group Show "Promotional Clutter" at Real Old Paper Gallery

Apr 25, 2017

Real Old Paper Gallery proudly presents 
"Promotional Clutter"
A Group Show Featuring Artwork by Max Blue, Eric Carson, Melissa Carter, Nicholas Cienfuegos, David Dugoncevic, Joanna Ruckman, Chu Wang, Alexis Zachhuber, and Zeus Zou

Promotional Clutter

Reception:ʉ۬Saturday, April 15, 2017, 6 pm - 9 pm



 

Exhibition Dates:ʉ۬April 15 - May 6, 2017





Come check out the 9 artists showing work in the inaugural exhibition of the SFAI Curatorial Program. 

Advertising language and baseless claims can be seen everywhere in our daily lives. We are constantly bombarded with promotional clutter seeking to convince us to buy products, services, ideas, lifestyles, and fantasies. From the idealization of glamorous luxury peddled by Hollywood to the alternative reality of populist politicians, contemporary culture has become an endless stream of overlapping product life cycles. When everything is seemingly for sale, where is the value of cultural intangibles such as critical thinking, free expression, and the exchange of ideas? This exhibition presents a critical look at the origins of the insatiable consumption and marketing centricity of contemporary culture. By exhibiting work expressing a fresh artistic perspective on the traditional advertising techniques embodied in movie posters, campaign slogans, and sales pitches, this exhibition seeks to deconstruct the colonial market segmentation of society.

This exhibition is curated by Aaron Wilder and features work by the following artists:
- Max Blue
- Eric Carson: ​www.ericcarson.com​ 
- Melissa Carter: www.melissacarter.net 
- Nicholas Cienfuegos: www.nickcien.com 
- David Dugoncevic: Daviddugoncevic.net 
- Joanna Ruckman: JoannaRuckman.com 
- Chu Wang: www.chuwang.space 
- Alexis Zachhuber
- Zeus Zou

Promotional Clutter is the inaugural exhibition of the new Curatorial Program at the San Francisco Art Institute. This program provides invaluable, hands-on experience for graduate students to get curatorial experience as well as for all student artists to get exposure through the opportunity to exhibit work off-campus.

Special thanks is owed to Andy England at Real Old Paper Gallery as well as Aaron Lane at Paradox Media.

Funding for this exhibition was generously provided by the SFAI Student Union and the SFAI Student Affairs Department.

Last, but not least, this exhibition would not have been possible without the tireless efforts and generous support from Galen Crawford and Lex Calip. Thank you both so much for making this happen!

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