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Ungovernable (Hoist)
2017
sewn muslin and steel armatures
Collection of the artist and courtesy RYAN LEE Gallery, New York
This work illuminates the rich craft history of protest banners, while considering the aesthetics of civic dissent in the digital age. The text, and therefore the meaning, of the banner is obscured by the intentional folding and unfolding of the fabric and the unravelling thread that deteriorates individual letters. Syjuco's banner, propped up like stage scenery, highlights the distortion of images and information in the Internet era. |