Linda Warren Gallery
1052 W Fulton Market
312.432.9500
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Conrad Freiburg, Image from Great Daydream, Courtesy Linda Warren Gallery
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Sep 5, 2008 – Oct 11, 2008
Tuesdays–Saturdays (11am–5pm)
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Conrad Freiburg's clever contraptions require audience participation, but viewers' actions can sometimes lead to destruction. The artist's exquisite handiwork doesn't exist for its own sake — it always serves a set of ideas. For his second exhibition at Linda Warren Gallery, Freiburg reflects on the Declaration of Independence and the fate of our freedoms, with 13 antiquated-looking gadgets translating the document's clauses into sculpture. Meanwhile, an installation featuring small wood forms (representing individuals and the masses) and a hand-cranked "voting machine" gives visitors the choice to raise or lower concrete blocks — thereby demolishing or preserving Freiburg's creations.
