Jay Critchley - Affirmative Re-Action
Thu, Nov 08
|Cape Cod Museum of Art
Artist Jay Critchley is a conceptual, multi-media performance artist, writer and activist who creates controversial art with ironic jabs at capitalism, democracy and the media. He will show photos and videos of his work, talk about his ideas and invite discussion
Time & Location
Nov 08, 2018, 6:00 PM
Cape Cod Museum of Art, 60 Hope Ln, Dennis, MA 02638, USA
About
[Jay] is the most inventive Provincetown artist of his generation. - Bailey Bob Bailey
My job as an artist is to look below the surface and find a deeper meaning and action.
-Jay Critchley
Included in the talk will be The Whiteness House, a 14 foot long tarred and feathered installation, recently created at an artist residency at the Sante Fe Art Institute that raised questions of race, whiteness, and politics. He will also talk about ideas from his recent TEDX Talk, “Portrait of the Artist as a Corporation,” a concept that appears in much of his work.
In his work over the years, Critchley has addressed AIDS, America’s car culture, sewage, nuclear energy and more.
He has also used his dynamic energy to create rituals of healing as a modern day shaman. In his yearly Provincetown Re-Rooters New Year’s community ceremony, Critchley sends a bonfire of discarded Christmas tree…
Tickets
General Admission
$12.00
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$10.00
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