Deitch Projects
76 Grand St
212.343.7300
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Jon Kessler, Kessler's Circus, Courtesy Deitch Gallery
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Mar 7, 2009 – Apr 4, 2009
Tuesdays–Saturdays (noon–6pm)
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Jon Kessler spies on his own kinetic sculptures, feeding live video of his mobile creations into banks of jury-rigged monitors. His latest installation expands this voyeuristic paranoia into a macabre circus, featuring mechanical figures trapped in endless loops of torture and surveillance beneath a giant army tent. Combining the whimsy of hand-crafted toymaking with an aggressive interrogation of the military-industrial complex is certainly a risky move, but Kessler pulls off the trick like a veteran magician. Despite all the horror, his captive audience can't help but watch.
