Back to Rachelle Mozman Solano: Metamorphosis of Failure at Smack Mellon
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For her film and photography project Metamorphosis of Failure, Rachelle Mozman Solano takes as a point of departure the Museum of Modern Art's 2014 exhibition of Paul Gauguin's works on paper that he made in the South Pacific toward the end of his life.
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Events
Artist Talk
Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 4:00pm – Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 5:00pm UTC
Smack Mellon is pleased to announce an artist talk for our two solo exhibitions, Bonnie Collura: Prince and Rachelle Mozman Solano: Metamorphosis of Failure, opening concurrently on January 12, 2019. Both artists create installations that challenge male-dominated narratives, portraying their male subjects from their positions of creative prowess. Bonnie Collura constructs several versions of a male surrogate out of disparate materials, flipping the gender roles of artist/creator and model/muse. Rachelle Mozman Solano takes on iconic artist Paul Gauguin by casting him as a self-doubting disappointment in his own biographical story, seeking affirmation from the ambivalent women who he aims to dominate. By putting forth alternative narratives, Collura and Mozman Solano envision women as empowered protagonists of their own storylines.
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Location
92 Plymouth Street
Brooklyn, NY, US
Monday–Tuesday, Closed
Wednesday–Sunday, 12pm–6pm
