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Sal-

Thanks for coming.

Attached are some screen images of 3 of the works. There are actually more than in the show, but we only produced some. Modou is working on an LA showing in July.

Thanks,
Damien

 

 

SHOOT YOU – SHOOT ME
Modou Dieng & Damien Gilley
02.14.09 – 03.01.09
Opening reception for the artists: Saturday, February 14, 2009 | 7-11 p.m.

 

 

 

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In the exhibition SHOOT YOU – SHOOT ME artists Modou Dieng and Damien Gilley will
examine the relationship between contemporary guerilla warfare, high fashion, and the
artists approach to the creative process, while attempting to breakdown the
predictability of perceived artistic production, display, and the consumption of mass
imagery. The artists of SHOOT YOU – SHOOT ME will serve as rebellious infiltrators,
presenting work through a process that mirrors the stages of the marketing of
culturally consumable imagery to the en masse public. Their work explores the concept
of passive sociological complicity through the exploration of warfare, advertising, role-
playing, and the activities of leisure as critique of contemporary culture. 
 
Artists Bio's:
 
Dieng earned his BFA from the Dakar School of Fine Art and his MFA from San Francisco Art Institute. Dieng has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Africa, Europe, and the United States, including Flow - Studio Museum (NYC), Pascal Polar Gallery (Brussels), Art Paris-Carroussel du Louvre (Paris), Here and There - Casa Encendida (Madrid), Efface - Steve Turner Contemporary (Los Angeles), Salon Del Mobile (Milan). He is Co-founder and curator of visual arts at Worksound and faculty at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland.
 
Damien Gilley is currently an MFA candidate at Portland State University. He received his BFA in New Media from the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. His work was included in New American Talent 22 an annual exhibit originating from Arthouse in Austin, Texas. In 2006, he received a Best of Show Award for the Las Vegas County Art Competition and Best New Media for an exhibition at the Las Vegas Museum of Art. In Portland, he has exhibited his work at Worksound, Disjecta, Portland State University's MK Gallery and Autzen Gallery, White Elephant, and the Portland Building. He is Co-founder and curator of Igloo gallery.

 
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