GROUP EXHIBITION

“Young nomads, we love you! Be ever more modern, more mobile, more fluid…Be lighthearted, anonymous, precarious like drops of water or soap bubbles! For if you’re not fluid, you’ll become tacky real quick.” (Giles Châtelet)

Young Americans comprises 6 artists who brazenly tackle the world around them. They take to (and from) the streets, energetically seize the canvas, and exemplify the spirit of the times through their personalities, their art and their fans. Coming of age between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, Generation Y is neither cynical nor reactionary. Instead, masters of turning culture into economy, they have renounced insurrection for the sake of free enterprise. Their do-it-yourself attitudes demonstrate their will to disregard restraints for the sake of letting their visions be seen. The creators and masters of social media, their identities are inherently connected to their webs of mutual relationships and critical acclaim is measured by the likes gathered from their followers, the aesthetically conscious, cyber-savvy population of the cool.

The artists in this show not only belong to this group, they are its leaders. Their work is admired and often mimicked by the thousands of people who follow their every day moves so closely they think they know them. Like all true artists, they are driven by an inescapable need to make art. They alter and beautify their environments, hoping to better the lives of those who encounter their works. The social consequence of this is intrinsically linked to the very nature of our times. Sharing every choice we make from our friends, to our food, to our vacations and outfits, we can’t help but share the art we make with as many people who will look at it.