AmeriŠan Dre@m:
A Survey
February 22 – April 5, 2003

Joe Amrhein

Ida Applebroog

$, 1999
enamel and gold leaf on mylar
76 x 63 inches
Courtesy Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY

Yes. Thank You. I Am Fine., 2003
painted plaster statue
16 x 13 x 17 1/2 inches

Xenobia Bailey

Nancy Chunn

Paradise Under Reconstruction and
the Aesthetic of Funk, Next Phase,
Life after Death ( an open memorial)
, 2002
crochet, acrylic, cotton, plastic pony beads and
embroidery
Courtesy Stephen Stux Gallery, NY

C'mon Get Happy, Get Ready for
the Judgement Day
, 2003
acrylic on canvas
42 x 40 inches

DAM! (Dyke Action Machine)
(Carrie Moyer & Sue Schaffner)

Drew Dominick

Lesbian Americans: Don't
Sell Out
, 1998
offset poster
24 x 36 inches
edition of 5,000

Canada Geese
, 2001
bronze
9 1/2 x 12 x 6 inches
edition of 30

Dan Hurlin

Eduardo Kac

The Home of Bill and Sandy Kelly
, 2000
mixed media installation
variable dimensions

Free Alba! (Ann Arbor News)
, 2002
color photograph mounted on aluiminum
with plexiglas
36 x 46 1/2 inches
edition of 5
Courtesy Julia Friedman, Chicago

Nina Katchadourian

Komar & Melamid

Artificial Insemination #3, 1998
C-print
20 x 20 inches
edition of 5
Courtesy Debs + Co., NY

Death Magazine Vol. 1, Issues
1-12
, 1991-92
12 silkscreens dated October 1991-September 1992
12 x 10 i
nches
edition of 250

Nikki S. Lee

Miguel Luciano


The Skateboarder Project
(31)
, 1999
Finiflex print
40 x 30 inches
edition of 3
Courtesy Leslie Tonkonow
Artworks + Projects, NY

Cracker Juan
, 1998
archival inkjet Epson print
18 x 24 inches
edition of 50

Tom Otterness

Dread Scott

Big Thief
, 2001
bronze
10 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Courtesy Marlborough Gallery

If White People Didn't Invent Air
, 2001
screenprint on paper
32 3/8 x 24 5/8 i
nches
edition of 14

Paul Shambroom

Mike Smith

Lewiston, Minnesota (population 1,405),
City Council, March 10, 1999. (L to R)
Roger Layfenburger (Mayor), Denny
Engrav, Gary Sauers, Rob Rys (City
Administrator),
1999
(detail)
archival pigmented inkjet on canvas with varnish
67 x 23 inches
edition of 5
Courtesy Julie Saul Gallery, NY


Conference Room
, 2003
Cyanoacrylate, aluminum, steel, foam core, cardboard
15 x 15 x 16 1/2 model
Courtesy Bodybuilder + Sportsman, Chicago

William Wegman

Michael W. Wilson

Bride and Groom (from the
Cinderella portfolio of 7)
, 1994
photolithograph
27 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches
edition of 120

Headshot
, 2003
lightjet print
15 x 12 inches

Artist included in American Dream: A Survey
    Joe Amrheim
    Jim Anderson
    Elaine Angelopoulos
    Ida Applebroog
    Diane Arbus
    Homer Avila
    Xenobia Bailey
    Chris Burden
    John White C.
    Ken Chu
    Nancy Chunn
    David Clarkson
    Chuck Close
    Heidi Cody
    Adam Cohen
    Jane Comfort
    Keith Cottingham
    Rene Cox
    Drew Dominick
    Todd Downing
    Chris Doyle
    Christopher Draeger
    Sandi DuBowski
    James Duesing
    Dyke Action Machine! (DAM!)
    (Carrie Moyer and Sue Schaffner)
    Sam Easterson
    Tom Friedman
    Carl Fudge
    Rico Gatson
    Jack Goldstein
    Leon Golub
    Richard Hambleton
    Tana Hargest
    Headlong Dance Theater
    (Andrew Simonet, Amy Smith, David Brick)
    Christine Hill
    Jenny Holzer
    Dan Hurlin
    Tom Jezek
    Anne Joseph
    Eduardo Kac
    Nina Katchadourian
    Komar and Melamid
    Nikki S. Lee
    David Levinthal
Ellen Levy
Mark Lombardi
Miguel Luciano
Jennifer McCoy & Kevin McCoy
Beverly McIver
Anissa Mack
Bjřrn Melhus
Mombert
Tracie Morris
Robyn O’Neil
David Opdyke
Pepón Osorio
Tom Otterness
Guy Overfelt
Roxy Paine
Bruce Pearson
George Petty
Paul Pfeiffer
Jane Philbrick
William Pope.L
Yvonne Puffer
Reynold Reynolds and Patrick Jolley
Marc Robbins
James Romberger
Erika Rothenberg
Ž™Mark
Amelia Rudolf
Edward Ruscha
Jason Salavon
David Scher
Edwin Schlossberg
Dread Scott
Paul Shambroom
James Sheehan
Todd Siler
SITE
Mike Smith
Eddo Stern
Mierle Laderman Ukeles
Chris Verene
Gordon Voisey
Andy Warhol
William Wegman
Allan Wexler
Hannah Wilke
Michael W. Wilson

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Press Release.
For Immediate Release: February 3, 2003

AMERIŠAN DRE@M DREAM: A SURVEY

FEBRUARY 22 - APRIL 5, 2003

Business is great. Life is beautiful. I feel great. Smile. Los Angeles Billboard

AmeriŠan Dre@m: A Survey is a large-scale exhibition of more than fifty artists at the Feldman Gallery and a nearby location. The exhibition includes established and less recognized artists whose work unfolds against the unique background of current American culture. The exhibition includes painting, sculpture, installation, photography, film, video and the Internet, reflecting the variety of tools available to contemporary artists.

The American Dream, one of the most familiar and resonant phrases in our national lexicon, has mirrored and shaped American identity from the Pilgrims to the present, encompassing the idealism of a formative democracy and the seduction of twentieth century mass culture. The forces helping to shape our personal versions of the American Dream include race, money, labor, intelligence, stupidity, sex, high/low culture, luck, the most powerful military establishment on earth, generations of voluntary and involuntary immigration, the documentary protections of an elegant 18th century constitution with its amended refinements, and over 200 years of push-me-pull-you politics, to name a few.

The artists selected build their practices by speculating and creating in that space between the American Dream and the American reality. They scan the physical and cultural landscape of the United States, responding to what they see, reverently and irreverently, while at the same time keeping in mind the good, as well as the vile and imperfect past, which has established precedence for their creations.

Consider this exhibition as sited in the heart of that fertile and contested patch of real estate known as the good and the bad, the real and the unreal, or the present and the future -- more simply referred to as The United States of America. How much have the boundaries changed between the culture and the counter-culture?

Embracing diverse stylistic trends, the exhibition brings together a group of socially engaged artists who critique the common heritage that has molded them. The exhibition asks what is it about this work that looks uniquely American and what exactly does the American Dream look like when it is realized?

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There will be an opening reception at the two locations on Saturday, February 22, from 6:00 – 8:00. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 to 6:00. Monday by appointment. For more information contact Laura Muggeo at (212) 226-3232 or laura@feldmangallery.com.

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