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Mike Simi: Gettin’ By

Jan 25, 2019 – May 11, 2019

Overview Gallery Press
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Street Gallery

Upper Level

Open today 11am–6pm

Suggested donation $10

Mike Simi, Party Tray, 2011, Cast plastic, steel darts,16 x 16 x 8 in.

Are you more likely to consider something once you’ve laughed at it?

Mike Simi’s tongue in cheek work explores class and economy, aspiration and failure, and self-medication through objects and drawings steeped in self-effacing humor.

Simi’s work takes the world around us out of context, forcing a quiet spin on a predictable reaction. It creates a diffusion layer between one’s personal experience and the generic nature of branding, language, and imagery. In particular, this body of work attempts to question the poetics of interaction — presenting everyday experience in a way that contradicts common expectation. Simi strives to explore this relentless struggle: balancing the world of spirit with the average lives we live in contemporary society.

Supported by ZAP and George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation.