vanitas
Julia Csekö & John Aaron Bouque
Using a modern critique of the classical Vanitas still life motif the video and installation Pauca Paucis, features twenty performers sharing a meal with collective utensils.
Influenced by Luis Buñuel's extravagant and unsettling "The Exterminating Angel" and Brazilian Cinema Novo, the video is a social experiment that addresses overabundance. Bourque adds to the conversation by referencing still-life paintings of flowers. The piece "Dead Flowers", a looped timelapse of wilting flowers, reflects on time and entropy, depicting the struggle between decay and beauty.
Julia Csekö
Made possible by Behind VA Shadows
September 14th to October 27th
The exhibition site is in a storefront window at the corner of Mass Ave and 2 Linden St, 02138, Harvard Sq in Cambridge.
These paintings were created when I worked as a Visitor Assistant at the ICA Boston. During the hours spent in the galleries, in the company of great art, an internal monologue started brewing. This series of paintings is a snapshot of the thoughts racing through my mind. These range from deep frustration at the hardships of being an artist to a deep enjoyment and appreciation of the art-making process.
Straight from the Heart - the Rant series
Storefront at the corner of Mass Ave and Linden
2 Linden St, 02138, Harvard Sq in Cambridge
Denholm Building Window Display
October 2024 to October 2025
Worcester, MA
