In "Specter Public," Quiles writes a quote which resonated with me and my journey with the Chelsea Museums. While he discusses how the sixties and seventies were "not just an era but a narrative, a progression, a story of failed ambition," he continues to explain this:
"The era retains an aura of purity because of naivete about its own futility, whilst we in the present are not allowed such a luxury--our efforts seemed doomed from the start."
The sentience of our "own futility" in this century was a theme that came up most specifically in the artwork of the Postmasters group show "The Future is not what it used to be" and the "In God We Trust" collages of Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung. I was struck by his insight in terms of our narrative now--by portraying Obama and his futile Sisyphean task to fulfill the world's expectations through a medium using facets of technology and progress as well the work intrigued me so much.
Did anyone else see this idea of our own awareness of being "doomed from the start"? Or am I totally off base and this is all irrelevant? Just curious:)
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