Melania and the broken Feedback Loop
Intermedia/Visual Art /Solo exhibition/2020Program https://www.allouchegallery.com/exhibition/brad-downey-melina-and-the-broken-feedback-loop/
Allouche Gallery is pleased to present Brad Downey: Melania and
the Broken Feedback Loop curated by Marko Vivoda. The installation
features the original wood Melania sculpture, carved out of a poplar
tree by a local Slovenian chainsaw sculptor and installed in Sevnica,
Slovenia, the town in which Melania Trump was born. The original
sculpture, subsequently burned one year to the day it was installed by
unknown individuals, was deinstalled and cared for by Downey and the
local community while plans were made the install a replacement sculpture.
The exhibition will also feature four different iterations of the Melania
sculpture in plastic, plaster, bronze and silicone, as well as two films.
The first film, Melania, documents the construction of the sculpture by
amateur chainsaw sculptor Maxi as well as examines the dichotomies
between Maxi’s life trajectory and that of Melania Trumps. The second film,
a continuous loop of press feedback, clippings and interviews, highlights
the global reaction to Downey’s work and the meaning of the Melania
sculpture juxtaposed against the current state of politics in the United States.
Credits:
Production: Allouche Gallery
Curator: Marko Vivoda
Artist: Brad Downey