Arbitrarium of Disappointed Things 20–29 Jan 2011

an exhi­bi­tion of works by Renee Falez

Renee Falez com­bines the anar­chic inso­lence of punk with the col­or­ful irrev­er­ence of The Day of the Dead, mix­ing sor­row and anger with cel­e­bra­tion.   Work­ing in print­mak­ing, card­board, paper mache, and other found and impro­vised mate­r­ial, she cre­ates a crude uni­verse of care­less effi­gies.  At once joy­ful and destruc­tive, sor­row­ful and defi­ant, these objects stand as totems raised in defense against the hos­til­ity of the world they evoke.  Renee’s work is haunted by a sense of protest that is at once resigned and insis­tent.   The result is a defi­ance that passes through the social object to wres­tle with the mor­tal­ity that informs them.


videos cour­tesy of Ariel Riveros