Men what a humble word follows previous works that were inspired by the Young-Girl*
described by Tiqqun. Although their notion of the Young-Girl as a figure of capitalism
includes men as well. Men are helpless. At least that's often what I feel. And I'm helpless to
their helplessness. The first works concerning men were on view in Keep All Your Friends in
London last May. The Man Who Is Unhappy and Head of a Partisan. Here in Rome I will
show pictures from five new groups of men: The Man Who Is Blue Or Blonde And Works,
The Man Who Is Bold, Dogface, The Dissidents, and The Dreamer.
I pick certain types of men, and translate them into pictures and texts. Each group is
represented by different numbers of similar pictures bearing the same name, and is almost
always accompanied by a text in the form of a short informal note, that primarily addresses
me, and could be sung. We'll see.
All works are pigment prints on cotton paper, and all framed in bespoke, white, varnished
frames. As in previous works the reflective glass of the frames is treated as well, carefully
dotted by hand with Crystal Clear 202/1 polyurethane (my hand against, my hand against
glass). Body heat leaks, individually, how unique, as sexy, scentless, tactile drops of sweat
which again you will not be able to remove. Delicately applied acrylic paint on the glass of
the frames serves as puke in some of the works. Otherwise shades of dead wan yellow are
of formal interest, the colour of peeled bananas, spaghetti, Michel Houellebecq’s hair, Go
Blonder shampoo or creamy camembert, as well as hues of baby blues and pinks. And a
surprisingly bright Egon Schiele or Gaylen Gerber orange should be interesting too.
We'll have a campfire in the courtyard, some marshmallows and sticks. So please join us for
this opening!
Lisa Holzer
*Raw Materials for a Theory of the “Young-Girl.”, Tiqqun, 1999