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Icons In Art! Nick Doyle Unveils The “Nowhere” Exhibition

The New York-based artist known as Nick Doyle has set up shop in Belgium’s Stems Gallery. The artist is the subject of a new solo exhibition entitled “Nowhere.” The new exhibition is host to a selection of unseen denim sculptures, which pay homage to mid-century American objects. Interesting and intricately detailed, the pieces include a concrete briefcase, a large cigar, and kidney-shaped pools.

The works are a showcase of the artist’s exploration of American iconography. The Stems Gallery released a statement regarding the exhibition and Mr. Doyle’s work. The statement reads: “His practice aims to undo American myth-making by its very products—cigarettes, vending machines, urinals—rendered in denim, a signature material for the artist. Denim calls forth a range of associations, from the excesses of the cotton trade as it relates to slave labor to military uniforms to the co-opting of ‘working clothes’ by layabout outsider culture and beyond. Doyle’s critique of American culture, vis-à-vis its objects, stems from the very fiber of their makeup; they destabilize from within.”

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One of the most unique standouts from the show is various vending machines and a water cooler under a series called Healthy Competition. Dole asks onlookers to question the behavior associated with these different objects. “The vending machine and the water cooler have long operated as a kind of American working-class watering hole: the site of exchange and comparison where talk of weekend plans, promotions, and all manner of posturing and peacocking occur. The competition referred to in the title is, in fact, the typically masculine compulsion for success and a relentlessly American and bottomless keeping-up-with-the-Joneses.”

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Take a look inside the “Nowhere” exhibition in the images and head over to Stems Gallery’s website to find out more. The exhibition is slated to be on display until January 2nd, 2021. While you’re’ at it, keep it locked with The Culture Curators for much more from the art department.

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Photos via Stems Gallery 

Written by Jesse James

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