All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt : A Group Exhibition
Past exhibition
Installation Views
Overview
There’s a sense of despondence to the common souvenir template: “I went to x and all I got was this lousy t-shirt”. A t-shirt could never adequately conjure the experience that it refers to, is what it seems to suggest. What purposes do these souvenirs serve, then?
Like the lousy t-shirt, the exhibition showcases various artistic strategies for memory work. These artworks are specifically evocative, reaching for a tangible connection between the present object and a remembrance of places and events past. By reworking souvenirs or imagining them into existence, these artists express a belief in artworks as mnemonic devices, capable of storing and prompting these memories for future recollection.
These artworks aren’t afraid to dwell in paraphernalia, either, serving as a reminder that sentimentality can surprise us with its forceful attachment to the mundane and everyday. They make references to things but also people, as gestures to our collective transience and how, one day, our legacies might be represented in lousy t-shirts or other unexpected forms.
Like the lousy t-shirt, the exhibition showcases various artistic strategies for memory work. These artworks are specifically evocative, reaching for a tangible connection between the present object and a remembrance of places and events past. By reworking souvenirs or imagining them into existence, these artists express a belief in artworks as mnemonic devices, capable of storing and prompting these memories for future recollection.
These artworks aren’t afraid to dwell in paraphernalia, either, serving as a reminder that sentimentality can surprise us with its forceful attachment to the mundane and everyday. They make references to things but also people, as gestures to our collective transience and how, one day, our legacies might be represented in lousy t-shirts or other unexpected forms.
Works
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The Great Masturbator -
Nicolae Ceausescu (1918 - 1989)
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Stalin (1878 - 1953)
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We Will Meet Somwhere #2
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A Day Out #7, #8, #9
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Faux amber
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-apism
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hang... in there
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you don't belong
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ignorance to spare
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you are everywhere wherever you are
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Portrait of SP
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Back side of photograph; JAPAN TODAY - KYOTO
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Back side of photograph; Pilgrims Japan
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Back side of photograph; JAPAN AIR LINES
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The Gift 1
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The Gift 2
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The Gift 3
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The Gift 4
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The Gift 5
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The Gift 6
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Promotion (USA pen)
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Promotion (10,000 Riels)
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Promotion (10 USD)
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Promotion (20 USD)
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Promotion (Bed Sheets)
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Promotion (Cambodian National Rescue Party Hat)
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Promotion (Cambodian National Rescue Party Shirt)
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Promotion (Cambodian People Party Blue Shirt)
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Promotion (Cambodian People Party Hat)
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Promotion (Cambodian People Party Raincoat)
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Promotion (Cambodian People Party Shirt Heart)
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Promotion (Cholesterid Tea)
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Promotion (Degree, men roll on)
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Promotion (Dove soap bar)
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Promotion (Johnsons baby soap)
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Promotion (NY T-shirt)
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Promotion (Sarong)
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Promotion (Towel)
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I Am Your Father
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