The Great Logic of Contents that Bind the World into Existence or “Season’s Greetings!”
Swivel Gallery•Dec 14, 2024 — Jan 16, 2025
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Swivel Gallery is pleased to present the first New York solo exhibition of Mexican artist Marek Wolfryd, “The Great Logic of Contents that Bind the World into Existence or ‘Season’s Greetings!'” Merging several of his interests and research Wolfryd has worked on in the last few years, this exhibition leans into his passion and fascination for activating and questioning forms of artistic production in late capitalism, the circulation of images, merchandise, and intellectual property subjectivities — all of which are deeply rooted in Western thought. Certain works in this exhibition revolve around the concept of shanzhai, a contemporary Chinese socioeconomic phenomenon consisting of counterfeiting commercial products. The works play around the innovation generated from these shanzhai copies and their improvements with new functionalities. In recent works, Wolfryd has adapted this idea through the strategy of appropriation and reproducing artworks that he manufactures in collaboration…
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The Great Logic of Contents that Bind the World into Existence or “Season’s Greetings!”
Swivel Gallery•Dec 14, 2024 — Jan 16, 2025
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Swivel Gallery is pleased to present the first New York solo exhibition of Mexican artist Marek Wolfryd, “The Great Logic of Contents that Bind the World into Existence or ‘Season’s Greetings!'” Merging several of his interests and research Wolfryd has worked on in the last few years, this exhibition leans into his passion and fascination for activating and questioning forms of artistic production in late capitalism, the circulation of images, merchandise, and intellectual property subjectivities — all of which are deeply rooted in Western thought. Certain works in this exhibition revolve around the concept of shanzhai, a contemporary Chinese socioeconomic phenomenon consisting of counterfeiting commercial products. The works play around the innovation generated from these shanzhai copies and their improvements with new functionalities. In recent works, Wolfryd has adapted this idea through the strategy of appropriation and reproducing artworks that he manufactures in collaboration…
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