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Beyond Good and Evil @ Babylon Art & Cultural Center
Wednesday 09 July @ 12:35:19 |
 by Jake Keeler
Today we deal with a war that many of us don't understand, an economy that lags, and an administration we may not trust. It forces us to consider how good and evil exist in our everyday lives. Beyond Good and Evil at the Babylon Art & Cultural Center addresses this through work by several artists.
"Untitled" by Daniel Kinney
Spawned and organized from an anti-war concept of artist Daniel Kinney, the artists and their respective work examine and reflect how we either directly address issues of good and evil through critical reflection, or how some of us attempt, transcend these ideas.
Collages of war-torn lands and devastated peoples hanging on fishing line in the middle of the gallery take the first approach and confront the viewer with harsh imagery, perhaps forcing the viewer to consider how we deal with good and evil. The other approach, which can best be seen in the large-scale, mixed media work of John Marks reflects, through images of sparse urban space painted and photo-transferred onto discarded wood, how we continue on with our lives essentially the same as we ever have, even though the issue of good and evil is present.
Daniel Kinney's large paintings seem to straddle both approaches with large portraits of people and numbers. They seem to be a body of work that is connected to something larger and longer developed, yet the viewer may be left wondering if the people, the numbers, or even the colors used in the paintings were influenced by recent topics like the war or economy.
To let the events of the world overcome our lives can sometimes be too much to handle. So we choose our battles, and we deal with good and evil as best we can. For some this means attending anti-war rallies, being a human shield, or making art that critiques an evil or upholds something good. But for the majority of us, we choose to acknowledge the presence of evil, try to be good, and continue on with our lives much the same as any other day. Neither approach is necessarily right or wrong and they are needed equally for balance in society; for every flag burned there must be landscape painted for no reason other than to be created. These ways of dealing with life's turmoil will always exist, just as good and evil will always be a part of humanity.
Beyond Good and Evil continues through July 26. Babylon Art & Cultural Center, 1624 E. Lake St., Mpls. 612-722-5438.
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