Simulacrum

Overview

On a personal note, I wrote my thesis on the value of objects, a rigorous discussion about the traces of a human hand, of essence, of aura. Should a reproduction be cast aside as worthless? I know, right? Yawn. Well, it's something curator Aaron Rose must have been tossing around because he's put together a show called Simulacrum, a collection of artists' editions, posters and prints. Not just any old prints, natch; Rose ran the iconic Alleged Gallery in New York in the 90s and is now involved across a series of creative ventures, and thus his roster is rad.

Many of the artists represented in Simulacrum featured both on the walls of Alleged and recently in Rose's documentary Beautiful Losers. The list runs as follows: Chris Johanson, Faile, Alexis Ross, Geoff McFetridge, Jo Jackson, Keith Scharwath, Jesse Spears, Thomas Campbell, Ingrid Allen, Teenage Teardrops, Alia Penner, Steven Harrington, Ed Templeton, Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Sister Corita, Terry Richardson, Susan Cianciolo, Raymond Pettibon, Tobin Yelland, Elisa Saether and more. Many of these artists have appeared in some form or another at Monster Children; value, essence and aura aside, they're all visually powerful, and that's the heart of their art.