Valerie Brodar
X Knows P (1990)
Drywall, paint, pencil, audio from televisions
1414, 3rd floor
Brodar constructed a triangular space within the gallery, and she painted all surfaces, including ceiling and floor, white.
Hand-written messages cover the gallery walls, floor, ceiling -- even the light bulbs. A partial transcription reads: "female perception male perception sound perception voice perception homosexual perception heterosexual perception sex perception violence perception racism perception sexism perception human perception responsibility perception pornographic perception."
From behind the walls, ten televisions, all tuned to different stations, fill the air with messages. They are totally jumbled. The words are unending, but they cannot be comprehended.
Selected Exhibitions
1995 Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
1991 WZRD Radio Station, Chicago, IL
1990 The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
1990 Hartwell Building, Pittsburgh, PA
1989 Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Selected Reviews
Dave McCracken, Gallery Scenes, The Chicago Tribune, November 6, 1992
Bonnie McLaughlin, "Fears of a Woman", The Reader, October 30, 1992
Donald Miller, "People to Watch 1991", Pittsburgh Post Gazette, January 3, 1991
Donald Miller, "Factory Exhibit Explores Words, War", Pittsburgh Post Gazette, November 17, 1990
Roberta Davies, interview on WYEP radio Pittsburgh, June 22, 1990
Bill Homisak, "CMU Gallery Mounts a Paper Chase", Greensburg Tribune, September 24, 1989
Référence: http://www.mattress.org/Catalogue/brodar.html