MICHAEL VAN DEN BESSELAAR
NOSTALGIC ABOUT THE FUTURE
Nostalgic About The Future
April 2 - May 9, 2009
Opening Reception:
Thursday, April 2, 2009 , 6-8pm
Land Of The Free
Shortly before his death in 1940, Walter Benjamin famously observed that “There is no document of civilization that is not at the same time the document of barbarism”. This apocalyptic yet redemptive concept of history deeply relates to the psychedelic visionary interiors and landscapes in this show encapsulating a telling historical ambivalence at once hopeful in its vision of the future and yet harsh in its view of what precedes it.
Black and White Gallery
The Chelsea Terminal Warehouse
636 West 28th Street,Ground Floor NYC
images:
Nostalgic About The Future #5, 2009
Nostalgic About The Future #6, 2009
Nostalgic About The Future #7, 2009
all oil on canvas, 24 x 24"
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