EXPLODING POSSIBILITIES
Xtra!, Nov. 20, 1997, no. 341, p. 31
Kathleen Pirrie Adams reviews a 1997 exhibition showing General Idea's artwork from 1968-1979. General Idea's exploitation of the theory and practice of Glamour to generate postmodern pop cultural pastiche consumes this show, The Search for The Spirit. Performative body politics, eroticism in relation to the voyeuristic impulse, and the reified value of corporatized commodity culture (or the lack thereof) and self invention are some of the themes that attract Adams' attention.
ITEM 1997.118 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Purse Snatch – General Idea (Jorge Zontal, AA Bronson, Felix Partz)
Manipulating the Self – General Idea (Jorge Zontal, AA Bronson, Felix Partz)
The Evidence of Body Binding – General Idea (Jorge Zontal, AA Bronson, Felix Partz)
The Orgasm Renewal Project – General Idea (Jorge Zontal, AA Bronson, Felix Partz)