LAUREL NAKADATE
2011-09-05In these works, ritualized exorcisms are performed by Nakadate and her cast of amateur actors. Locations shift from dingy, claustrophobic motel rooms to the majestic open spaces of the American West. There are ecstatic dances, woodland walks, train travels, and reluctant stripteases. Unwanted feelings and bad memories are cast away.
The show also includes a variety of photographs: the FEVER DREAMS series, large images that Nakadate shot while making her videos and the LUCKY TIGER series, small snapshots in which she appears in suggestive poses inspired by 1950s-style cheesecake and camera-club photos. These snapshots were completed during a performance in which the artist and anonymous middle-aged men, enlisted via Craigslist.com, covered their hands with fingerprinting ink and touched the photographs together. Sitting in a circle, on the floor of one man’s living room, they passed the snapshots around, like trading cards.
Opposite – Exorcism in January, 2009
Exhibition runs through to November 12th, 2011
Galerie Anita Beckers
Frankenallee 74
60327
Frankfurt
Germany
