David Buckingham: Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful
Date/time:
Opening reception Thur, Sept 2, 6-8pm; Show runs Sept 2 - Oct 2, Tues-Sat
11-5
Cain Schulte is pleased to present the new solo show, David Buckingham:
Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful. The exhibition opens Sept. 2 and runs
through Oct. 2, 2010. The artist will be present at the opening
reception, Thursday September 2, from 6 to 8 PM.
This solo exhibition, the artist's third at Cain Schulte, addresses a
variety of issues found within American culture, from gun fascination,
violence and rampant capitalism to current neuroses surrounding gender,
sexuality, and the attainment of beauty through artificial means.
Buckingham's deceptively simple sculptures made of found metal are
stunningly direct in technique yet maintain a semiotic ambiguity that is
cleverly disconcerting and dispassionately humorous. His varied but
incredibly cohesive work often recalls the aesthetic principles of Pop
Art, text-based Conceptual Art and the mischievous theories of the
Situationist International; he melds and perverts the basic tenets of
these movements in an exceptionally complex and daring pastiche.
Echoes of an extensive background in advertising can be seen in
Buckingham's textual work, starting from the title: "Don't Hate me Because
I'm Beautiful", a line from an 80's TV commercial for shampoo, however the
political correctness of commercialism is abandoned in favor of crass and
uncouth statements. He takes lines from modern film classics ("Show Me the
Money"), generic pornography ("Oh Baby Yeah Oh God"), classic rock and
punk songs ("White Punks on Dope"), while incorporating other ubiquitous
phrases that have permeated the media-saturated and spectacularized
American mind. It is a giddy celebration of, and a venomous assault on,
modern American culture.
David Buckingham is a New Orleans native who now lives and works in Los
Angeles. His work has shown in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berlin, New
York, and Chicago and has been included in an exhibition at the Riverside
Art Museum and several private collections in the United States and
Europe.
About Cain Schulte Contemporary Art:
Cain Schulte Contemporary Art is a fine art gallery that explores the
perspectives of select emerging and mid-career artists to probe
contemporary urban experience through rotating and seasonal shows,
highlighting local, national, and international artists.
When:
Saturday October 2, 2010
6:00 PM -
8:00 PM
Pacific
Where:
Cain Schulte Gallery,
251 Post Street, 2nd floor,
San Francisco, CA 94108
Organizer:
Cain Schulte Contemporary Art
Cost:
Free.
Contact:
415-543-1550
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