English Kills
114 Forrest St
Bushwick
718.366.7323
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Hiroshi Shafer, that's greeeeat idea~ but I can't do the impossible, a dog muttered, Courtesy the artist
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Opens Saturday Sep 27, 2008 (6–9pm)
Sep 27, 2008 – Oct 19, 2008
Saturdays–Sundays (1–7pm)
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Scattered around English Kills, Bushwick's DIY living/exhibition space, new sculptures from Brooklyn-based artist Hiroshi Shafer reinterpret and poke fun at male-female power struggles. His grotesque, sometimes dismembered figures subvert conventional sexuality and seem plucked from a surreal galaxy parallel to our own. Shafer combines elements from disparate sources — ranging from doll parts to Christmas ornaments — to form comical characters and jarring Mr. Potato Head mashups. Evrything seems Ok to me! also includes a brilliantly unsettling triptych of toe cleavage as well as a decapitated quadruped whose neck spurts mushrooms instead of blood.
