Sergio Torres-Torres

Banner Project: Part One

curated by Jesse Benson and Becky Koblick
contact: jesse@macbenson.com

Acrylic on Canvas, Table, Temporary Wall
Dimensions variable
2003-2005

Location -- Pacific Electric Lofts 601 E. Los Angeles St. 90014

Like many of the participants who hoisted the protest banners after which these piles of paintings were modeled, many of the viewers of this work will not be able to literally read the Russian text—the protest banners, in both cases, function as signs of revolution. They are purposefully not translated, leaving most viewers with a semiotic read: color, a foreign language, installation art, and conventions of painting history.

PRESS RELEASE

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