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[Los Angeles, CA | March 22, 2023] - CONTROL Gallery is pleased to announce When the Ship Goes Down, the Los Angeles solo debut of Irish artist Conor Harrington. The show leans into the absurdity of politics and hyper-masculinity in today’s society, exploring division, polarity and the resurgence of hyper-nationalism through satirical paintings questioning systems of power.

“I’ve been painting 18th Century European archetypes for many years now, as for me they represent an almost cartoon-like representation of European excess and arrogance. It was a time of great opulence and ego and this is …