When I was discussing this exhibition with Patrick Miller and Patrick McNeil of FAILE, it became cle

When I was discussing this exhibition with Patrick Miller and Patrick McNeil of FAILE, it became clear to us that the installation would benefit from the inclusion of new work. The two major installations on view—Temple and The FAILE and BÄST Deluxx Fluxx Arcade—were both made in 2010, a pivotal time in their work, but we anticipated that visitors would want to know more about the work they are doing now too. FAILE set out to create two marble sculptures and six new paintings that would connect the other installations to the present.The new marble sculptures classicize and monumentalize signature characters created by FAILE. Wolf Within (bottom right) is based on a print created by FAILE in 2008. Inspired by a Native American proverb, “A starving man will eat with the wolf,” and produced at the height of the economic boom, this sculpture features a businessman tearing away his suit and donning a wolf pelt is. The figure’s transformation portrays an internal battle between corporate greed on the one hand, and a spiritual connection to the natural world on the other. Similarly, Fantasy Island (bottom left) is based on an earlier FAILE print depicting a young girl clutching her skateboard with a longing glance. This sculpture relates to The FAILE & BÄST Deluxx Fluxx Arcade game of the same name, in which the player must keep in motion a young girl who is trapped on a miniscule island. Her hindered mobility is in contrast to the implied freedom and irreverence of urban skateboard culture.For their new paintings, they used a “ripped” style of paintings they first developed in 2005. These were inspired by the gritty, worn layering of wheat-pasted street posters. Here, they have mixed new imagery with icons they have employed for years. In particular, in Eastern Suspenso, they incorporated a new image of the character Suspenso, with the incorporated text coded to the Museum exhibition in the headline (200 Eastern Parkway is the Museum’s address) and the price stamp (7$15 refers to July 2015 when the exhibition opened at the Museum).To hear more about FAILE’s work, please join us on September 24th for a conversation between FAILE and Brooklyn Street Art co-founders, Steven Harrington and Jaime Rojo.Posted by Sharon Matt Atkins -- source link

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