Exhibition	All Hands on Deck
Artist(s)	Akashi, Kelly Dodge, Harry Henson, Julie Herz, Orr Kwak, Young Joon Mahmoud, Nevine Schafer, Ellen Sepuya, Paul Mpagi Sew Hoy, Anna Shneior, Roni Staros, Cammie Yellin, Isabel Ziperstein, Bari
Title	All Hands on Deck
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Year	2018
Decade(s)	2010s
Exhibition Dates	2018 January 21 - April 22
Description	When bodies are being openly threatened, deported, and condemned, visibility is an act of resistance. Walking the line between abstraction and figuration, most of the works in All Hands on Deck foreground the body. Though each resists easy definition, together they solicit the persistent question: what are the limits of representation and legibility? The works present are conflicting images of form - familiar objects are refashioned into surreal surrogates and art historical depictions of the figure are challenged and appropriated as a means of reclaiming. Mary Shelley's short novel Frankenstein provides direction: Shelley imagines a creature that is made up of a composite of bodies & mismatched parts, which have been carefully hand-stitched. Dr. Frankenstein's labor is self-evident. So too, the artists in All Hands on Deck re-configure and conjure vital forms through material investigations and object scale.
Notes	Artists include: Kelly Akashi, Harry Dodge, Julie Henson, Orr Herz, Young Joon Kwak, Nevine Mahmoud, Ellen Schafer, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Anna Sew Hoy, Roni Shneior, Cammie Staros, Isabel Yellin, and Bari Ziperstein
Gallery	Ben Maltz Gallery
Media	Painting Photography Sculpture
ImageID	rep-18-all-hands
Rights	Copyright Otis College of Art and Design
Collection	Ben Maltz Gallery Exhibition Archive