Silverlens New York is pleased to present its first solo exhibition with James Clar, opening March 9, 2023. Titled By Force of Nature, the exhibition tracks the American artist's trans-pacific move to his parents' home country, the Philippines. Confronting the "American Dream," the show addresses disparities between Filipino and American cultures, honing in on geo-political power dynamics, cross-cultural (mis)translations, and individual versus communal identities. Lightworks and sculptures will be featured alongside new video installations and pieces made in collaboration with Olympian Hidilyn Diaz. In 2020, Diaz won the first-ever Gold Olympic Medal for the Philippines and has since become one of the nation's most beloved figures.
Clar's long-term practice fuses new media, pop-culture, and memory to explore the narrative potential of light and technology. Using themes of nationalism, globalism, and mainstream culture, Clar critiques the dissociative effects of technology itself in the age of mass information. Beyond his art career, he has three patents in the US for new engineering systems created while developing his light art. This upcoming exhibition marks a new phase for the artist as his work becomes more gritty and tactile than ever before. For Clar, this time it's personal.
Press release courtesy SILVERLENS.
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