ROBERT WEDEMEYER
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Shana Lutker: Paul, Paul, Paul, and Paul” is currently on view at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects in Culver City, California until Saturday, August 22. The exhibition is Lutker’s fourth chapter in her ongoing research-heavy exploration of the many fistfights that occurred during the height of Surrealism—those between the Surrealists and those fought by the Surrealists against their art-world “adversaries.” The fight shown here involves a dinner party meant to honor Symbolist poet Saint-Pol-Roux. The Surrealists, according to the artist statement, clashed with these anti-Surrealist art patrons in what turned into an all out brawl; the work on view, with its scattered plates and upturned tables, is meant to mirror the aftermath of this incident.
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Shana Lutker, 'Paul, Paul, Paul, and Paul,' 2015, installation view.
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Shana Lutker, Paul, Paul, Paul, and Paul, 2015, 35 paper napkins.
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Shana Lutker, Sleeping Poet, 2015, matte vinyl.
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Shana Lutker, As Many Versions as Witnesses, no. 5, 2015, wood (maple).
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Shana Lutker, The Average Mysterious Interrupted, 2015, wood, MDF, and graphite.
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Shana Lutker, 'Paul, Paul, Paul, and Paul,' 2015, installation view.
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Shana Lutker, As Many Versions as Witnesses, no. 4, 2015, wood (cherry).
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Shana Lutker, As Many Versions as Witnesses, no. 1, 2015, wood (ash).
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