Closing Reception for Midway - The Exhibition
on Thursday, June 5th @ 6 PM
Schedule for the night:
6 PM - Closing reception opens and Mr. Sheppard performs
7 PM - Artist Talk and open discussion
8 PM and 8:45 - Screening of Midway - The Movie
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CAC Gallery is pleased to present a new exhibition Midway by local artist Aaron Sheppard. Midway incorporates a cross over of art disciplines (painting, film, body art, writing...) that come together to recreate the essence of Coney Island, or rather, expose Sheppard's personal relationship with the historical amusement site. The artwork is reminiscent of circus propaganda; as interactive props living his narrative, puppets are an element directed before the viewer.
Although inspiration from Coney Island has been cumulating for over a decade when he first was introduced to the summer event known as The Mermaid Parade, documentation beginning June 2007 is incorporated here into Sheppard's latest experiment. Post summer 2008, Coney Island is slated to undergo transformation into a high-end resort destination. Plans have been described as modeled after The Las Vegas Strip experience, which offers rides, spectacle and glamour as well as security and hospitality. Sheppard witnessed the progression of Williamsburg Brooklyn while living there. Now that he lives in Las Vegas, he is involved and concerned for his new community's future. He says, "The correlation between Las Vegas and Coney Island is progress.
Today's trend to eradicate free expression for the sake of gentrification, convenience, and routine familiarity is causing an extinction of Americana." Sheppard will be within the gallery space of CAC at various times during the month of May while he engages his artwork. His feat, as a performing oddity within his own show, is to compile a short film, which brings together his art as object, as body, as abstraction, as reflection.
The exhibition is sponsored by TODD VONBASTIAANS with additional funding provided by THE NEVADA ARTS COUNCIL and The Arts Factory.
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