GIMME SHELTER
CURATED BY JULIE MCKIM
KUNSTHALLE GALAPAGOS, BROOKLYN, NY
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 2011
HANNAH SMITH ALLEN / CALEB BROWN / MATTHEW CONRADT / ERIC LOPRESTI / KENNETH MILLINGTON / JACOB RHODES
GIMME SHELTER, 2011
DESCRIBED BY ROLLING STONES’ LEAD SINGER MICK JAGGER AS AN “APOCALYPTIC, END-OF-THE-WORLD SONG,” THEIR 1969 RELEASE “GIMME SHELTER” CAME TO EMBODY THE FEELINGS OF THE TIMES AND MARKED AN END OF IDEALISM FOR A GENERATION WHO BELIEVED THEY COULD CHANGE THE WORLD.
KUNSTHALLE GALAPAGOS PRESENTS GIMME SHELTER, A GROUP EXHIBITION THAT EXAMINES THE UNCERTAINTY AND DISQUIET OF OUR CURRENT TIMES. DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM THE ICONIC ROLLING STONES SONG, THE SHOW FEATURES ARTISTS WHO EXAMINE THE PARALLELS PERVADING OUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES OF ECONOMIC STRIFE, WAR, AND UNREST. WORKING ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND MEDIUMS, THESE ARTISTS INVESTIGATE OUR MEDIA-DRIVEN CULTURE, THE UNDERLYING VIOLENCE IN OUR SOCIETY, APOCALYPTIC VISIONS, AND THE DISILLUSIONMENT WITH THE AMERICAN DREAM. OVERALL, THEIR WORL REVEALS AN UPHEAVAL IN OUR SENSE OF OPTIMISM AND A SHIFT TOWARD A NEW KIND OF REALISM.
