Carey Young

Consideration

November 16 - November 19, 2005
521 W 21st Street
As part of the Performa05 Biennial

"Consideration, Carey Young's solo show at Paula Cooper Gallery, featured a series of legally-enforceable contracts between artist and viewer.

"Created in conjunction with a legal team, the text, video and performative works entice the viewer into agreements that explore notions of individual autonomy, freedom of speech and the social contract. Engaging participants in a series of contractual relationships, Young dissects the viewer’s experience of the exhibition, from accepting the exhibition invitation, to entering and moving around the exhibition space.

"With legally-trained executives increasingly running movie studios, news agencies and universities, Consideration interrogates the legal ‘lock down’ of contemporary cultural life and develops Young’s interest in legal structures, language and the performative.

"To create all of the works dated 2005 Carey Young worked with a legal team comprising of Robert Lands and Jaime Stapleton, with further assistance from Anne Barron." (from artist's website)

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See here for an interview between Performa05 curator Defne Ayas and Carey Young, which discusses these works.
See here for Performa05's website

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