Artist and writer Gregg Bordowitz introduces the exhibition Take It Or Leave It

May 06, 2014

On the opening of the exhibiition Take It Or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology, Gregg Bordowitz presents MATERIALIST GEOGRAPHY AND THE KNIGHT'S MOVE.

"In the early nineteen eighties I was part of a young ambitious group of artists who were disgusted by the alignment of regressive politics in the White House with politics in the art world. All institutions within federal government to museums and galleries were perceived to be driven by national interests, imperialist expansion, profit motive, male supremacy, white supremacy, and heteronormativity. Rigorous analysis of the situation led to tactics of subterfuge and refusal. Still, we were not resigned." -Gregg Bordowitz