DESPINA STOKOU – OH, HONEY
2018-02-19Oh, Honey continues Stokou’s exploration of popular culture and political debates as mediated by contemporary public forums. She calls this show “a letter from a (better) future” and pulls together text sources from news articles and Twitter comments to drug prescriptions and hospital bills, creating collaged text and color layers in large format painting structures. Stokou critically examines the conflation of history with trending topics highlighting the fact that while online visibility dictates the public narrative, the needs and rights of large swathes of the population are continuously being overlooked in plain sight.
“You have police killing (black) people left and right, the Muslim ban, transportation, backpedaling on gay and women’s rights; you have people raging against the abuse of power and then you have others going wait what? But All Lives Matter. They just don’t see it. Ignorance, at this point of technology, is a choice. The inherent blind spot of privilege. Can painting make people see? Can art still be relevant in the dumpster fire that is America right now?”
Opposite – RGB Affirmations (Yellow), 2018
Exhibition runs through to April 21st, 2018
Praz-Delavallade
6150 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles
CA 90048
USA
