PRESS RELEASE
Primary is proud to present Can't Wait to Meet You, a group exhibition featuring works by Chris Bogia, Szabolcs Bozó, Emilia Brintnall, Jon Burgerman, Wells Chandler, Misaki Kawai, Tim Lahan, Dan McCarthy, Hunter Potter, Adam Parker Smith, Felix Treadwell, Typoe Gran, and James Ulmer.
Konrad Lorenz explains that certain physical features activate our evolutionary need to take care of and protect our children. His proposed concept of Kindchenschema influences our feelings towards everything from puppies to inanimate objects. How does contemporary art, described as faux-naif or childish fantasy, utilize these disarming and accessible qualities to subvert or alter accepted norms?
These days, simply by whispering the word baby to a loved one, the all-powerful algorithms overhear and begin to bombard our devices with the entire gamut of childhood cuteness and new age ideas on parenting.
Since a child was rapidly becoming our new reality, it was only natural that we would begin to discuss baby's first art exhibition. We wondered how that experience would feel. We aim to present works from artists who have no fear of expressing the truth about the world surrounding them, which includes artists capable of capturing the vulnerable moments of transition from adolescence and imagery made by, or for, children for purposes of nostalgia and simple freedom.
Can't Wait to Meet You is an exhibition assembled in preparation for, in response to, and in anticipation of the latest addition to our gang. A celebration of the vast cycle that is life, inclusive, and welcoming to everyone.
Opens April 3 at 5 PM
On view until May 15, 2021
Primary (Est. 2007) is a context and research-driven curatorial collective with an emphasis on public art. We thrive amongst the self-taught, working-class misfits, who explore the margins of a new Americana through pungent, human-focused narratives. Our program engages with the raw and uncanny, celebrating border voices, bootleg culture, and intergenerational commentary, connecting the new and unseen with broader audiences and evolving collections.
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