Menace to Propriety
at Fenario Art Gallery:
881 Willamette Street
Eugene, OR 97401 | USA
May 1st Fenario Gallery will be debuting a group show entitled "Menace to Propriety". The show will feature over a dozen artists from all over the nation, including Gilbert Oh, Patrick Haemmerlein, Joshua Witten, Leslie Ditto, Grace Weston, and more. The theme "Menace to Propriety" was designed by curator Chloe Gallagher to underscore the importance of the incendiary side of art. Art's power lies in its ability to inspire discussion and debate... even controversy. This show is conceptualized as an opportunity to bring together an exhibit that will startle, delight, disgust and engage. Building off of the tradition of Duchamp's "The Fountain," this show will be an exercise in pushing boundaries and challenging the nature of art and it's role in society. Works in the show deal with themes of sex, violence and politics in direct, candid and often humorous ways. Art has an ability to express ideas that we often find ourselves too socially constrained to discuss in a pubic format. With "Menace to Propriety" Fenario Gallery hopes to present an opportunity to open channels of discussion, and present provocative subject manner in a natural, unbiased environment where discussion and debate can flow unimpeded. With this show the gallery hope's to embrace the controversial and the innovative, engaging the fine lines between the provocative and the truly shocking. With music and libations provided, and several of the featured artists in attendance the opening is sure to be an exciting night of refreshing art and stimulating conversation. As Gilbert Seles once said, "All great ideas are controversial, or have been at one time."
