Bruce Conner
The film, sculpture, drawing, and collage works of Bruce Conner are considered critical components of the avant-garde movements of the 1950s and ‘60s, forming a visual connection between Beat poetry and neo-Dada and Surrealist art. During the 1970s Conner focused on drawing and photography, producing life-sized photograms as well as intimately scaled inkblot drawings. Religious imagery and symbols, as well as latent violence and death, are recurring themes in his work.
Disparities and Deformations
Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque brought together a diverse group of contemporary artworks that respond and give new substance to the sense of emotional and logical uncertainty inherent in the grotesque, described by the 19th-century writer Jean Paul as a state of “soul dizziness.” The exhibition tracked the incongruous combination of disparate forms and ideas in the work of internationally renowned artists of different generations, coming from various cultural contexts, and working with different processes and ideas.
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