Exhibitions

The critical-ironic gaze appearing often in the exhibited works emphasizes the carnivorousness aspects of feminine shopping.The act of shopping itself is depicted as some sort of a subversive practice. The exhibition manifests the ways in which artists, particularly young female artists, use excess and radicalization as the means of artistic creation

Their works seek to comprehend the "mall" idea as it appears in the contemporary artistic discourse, with reference to the cultural assumptions and power relations it embodies.

The variety of works presented seeks to emphasize that trash is one of the central elements in contemporary culture, both in daily life and in a subversive, theoretical context. The term "trash culture" denotes the view of trash as a necessary side effect of a capitalist society intent on the increased production of food, of commodities, and of ideas. As production soars, so does trash. In contemporary art, then, "trash" has become an idiom defining a cultural condition and shaping some of the channels of discourse pursued in the culture.

The works in this show seek to indicate a hollow, consumer-oriented trans-cultural world created by the unchallenged dominance of globalization. These works examine the multiple meanings involved in the import of commodities, customs, cultures, and people, and the aggression involved in its implantation, as a reflection of contemporary cultural imperialism.