The Somerville Arts Council will host artist Steve Lambert's Capitalism Works For Me! True/False sign in front of J.P. Licks to encourage passersby to answer the question and talk about economy.
From the Somerville Arts Council:
DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum announces the tour dates and locations for Steve Lambert's Capitalism Works For Me! True/False sign,
which will be placed in public spaces via one-day installations throughout the Greater Boston area April 6 through 12. The artist will be on site to install the sign, encourage voting, and engage the public
in this timely dialogue.
At 9 feet high and 20 feet wide, Steve Lambert's Capitalism works for me! True/False brazenly asks for your participation-your vote-in an ongoing debate that has recently occupied Wall Street, Dewey Square, and public discourse throughout the world. Using the space of art as a space for dialogue, Lambert harnesses humor and brashness to address one of the most common and complicated issues of our time-the economy and growing state of class disparity. His sign, currently on view in the front entrance to deCordova's Museum as part of The 2012 deCordova Biennial, will travel throughout the Greater Boston area this April to create and capture dialogue, and even more so, votes. As the global
economic crisis worsens and Americans take to the street in protest, Lambert's project echoes a growing public anxiety.
The 2012 deCordova Biennial is a survey exhibition focused on emphasizing the quality and variety of work rather than any single or overarching theme. Highlighting artists from across New England, the
exhibition displays a diverse range of approaches to media and content. The exhibition is co-curated by deCordova Curator, Dina Deitsch and Independent Curator and former owner/director of the Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA, Abigail Ross Goodman. The 2012 deCordova Biennial features 23 artists and collaboratives and occupies almost the entirety of the Museum and beyond-reaching into the Park, Boston, and nearby communities through several public, off-site projects. On view through
April 22, 2012.
