Opening Reception:
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 7 to 9 pm

Rotunda presents provocative new video works by German-based artist collective INGRIDMWANGIROBERTHUTTER, organized by Isolde Brielmaier. The installation is part of Rotunda’s signature summer exhibition series, dedicated to providing international artists with their first solo exhibition opportunity in New York. Media artists Ingrid Mwangi and Robert Hutter live and work as a collective, having combined their two artistic positions into one oeuvre. They show their work under the joint name INGRIDMWANGIROBERTHUTTER and have a common biography which blends their life histories. This major step points towards their underlying artistic message that involves breaking the barriers of perceived differences (gender, cultural and other). In their video installation at Rotunda, the artists appear in strange, amusing and dramatic situations that challenge media stereotypes of the African continent and capture the spirit of how millions of African people live and meet the demands of daily life with vigor.

The gallery's Project Space features an installation entitled Revered/Reviled that is comprised of body prints, photographs and graphite drawings by Brooklyn-based artist Duron Jackson. The work is inspired by the arrest of Genarlow Wilson, who is now serving a prison sentence that has elicited charges of racism from critics of the criminal justice system and is widely acknowledged by prosecutors and the State Legislature to be unjust.