Teen Age: You Just Don't Understand

June 26, 2010

Type: event
Location: San Francisco
Starts: Aug 28 2010 at 12:00AM
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Group Exhibition
Teen Age: You Just Don't Understand
Curated by Ken Goldberg and Catharine Clark
An exhibition at the Catharine Clark Gallery coinciding with the 01SJ Biennial
August 28 - Sept 25, 2010
Reception Saturday, September 4 from 5 to 8pm

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(Image: "Gh0st L1fe" by Allison Reilly and Miguel Farias)

"High school's full of phonies; all you do is study so that you can learn enough to be smart enough to be able to buy a goddam Cadillac some day, and you have to keep making believe you give a damn if the football team loses…." - J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye.

In every era, teenagers push the boundaries of accepted behavior. They thrive despite raging hormones, clueless parents, ridiculous authority figures, and the dawning recognition that the entire status quo is absurd. They will define the future of new media.

Curated from 60 international submissions, this group show coincides with ZER01's 01SJ Biennial, Build Your Own World, highlighting art at the intersection of technology and culture. Teen Age: You Just Don't Understand considers the role of new media in newly emerging worldviews. Each project is a collaboration involving at least one teen and one so-called adult.
"Here we are now, entertain us". - Nirvana

Artists include:

Sam Wheeler (16) and Whitney Lynn; Virginia, USA
Allison Reilly (17) and Miguel Farias; San Anselmo, CA (USA)
Twenty Teens (14-18) and Christopher Santiago; Chicago, IL (USA)
Leela Cyd Ross (16) and Richard Ross; New York, NY (USA)
Maize Buchholz (11) and Suzie Buchholz (grandmother); San Francisco, CA (USA)
100 Teens from Colima and Richmond (15-19), Amanda Eicher, Mayra Padilla; Richmond CA (USA) and Colima, (El Salvador)
Virgil Taylor (16) and Kris Lang; San Francisco, CA (USA)
10 Teens from Marin (16-17), Zachary Gilmour, Gabrielle Gamboa; Novato, San Francisco, CA (USA)
Ben Eldar (15) and Sivan Eldar (sister); Tel-Aviv (Israel) and San Francisco, CA (USA)
…additional works to be finalized in June.

Dedicated to the memory of J.D. Salinger (1919-2010)

More information:

Catharine Clark Gallery Contact: (415) 399-1439, [email protected], www.cclarkgallery.com
Ken Goldberg http://goldberg.berkeley.edu/
http://goldberg.berkeley.edu/art/teen-age/