- Solo exhibition I MOCO museum
- Opening November 19, 2020
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- MOCO Museum will
premiere the first solo exhibition in The
Netherlands of International contemporary artist THE KID.
Where contemporary art enlightens humanism in the social crisis and
democratic decay of our 21st century!
An exhibition that will push boundaries, wake up humanity and
shake up Museum Square in Amsterdam. MOCO Museum spotlights
International contemporary artist THE KID for its upcoming
November exhibition. MOCO and THE KID co-curate the artist's first
solo show in the Netherlands -
The Future is Old.
"The Future is Old"
Mass shooting / Individualistic indifference / Institutionalized
racism / Social determinism / Inequality of Opportunity /
Ever-threatened civil rights (…) Does the current state of the
broken American dream exemplify where too many of our democracies
are heading for today, and many more in the very near future?
Is history repeating itself? Will youth stand up and say no to a
future that looks already old?
Youthful portraits attract visitors with beauty and the
perception of a bright future. However, on close examination, cuts
and bruises reveal a darker side of reality. THE KID uses art as a
means to make us question the notions of power and privilege and
more generally the current evolution of humanism in our democratic
societies.
THE KID's hyper realistic bigger-than-life portraits and
life-size sculptures confront the audience with deeply personal
stories that expose the injustice in America and beyond in many
democracies around the world today and make us question the current
evolution of mankind's History. The socially critical exhibition
intends to open up our minds - ultimately, enlightening a more
compassionate, understanding world.
THE KID started to work on his series of oil paintings and
life-size sculptures The Future Is Old as of the end of the
year 2017. This series of art works was sparked by the strong
impression made on THE KID by the Summer 2017 events in
Charlottesville-USA where civil
right counter protesters were violently attacked by American
nationalists and white supremacists opposing the project of the
municipality to take down the equestrian statue of General Robert E
Lee, a leading figure of the Confederates and an historical
defender of Afro-American slavery.
THE KID questions how the recent and current social and
political history seems to repeat itself in too many countries and
the stance today's youth will decide to take, inspired by
Martin Luther King and the words of
his wife and famous civil rights activist Coretta Scott King: "Freedom is never really
won, you earn it and win it in every generation".
"THE KID: The Future is Old" is why MOCO Museum believes
art can do more. The realistic appearances of gripping details of
violence - bloody noses, busted lips, scars and scratches, gang
tattoos, wounds, and other graphic images and historical role
models - summon crucial social subject matters catching our
attention and asking for immediate action from each one of
us.
About contemporary artist THE KID
Already internationally recognized for his thought-provoking and
socially committed body of art works, THE KID is a natural born
citizen of the world and a self-educated multidisciplinary
contemporary artist, who hijacks traditional technics of the old
European Masters -drawing, painting and sculpture- to question the
social issues facing contemporary youth today and even more
tomorrow in our polarized world of the
21st century, such as the social determinism, the
ever-threatened civil rights, the inequality of opportunity or the
thin frontier between innocence and corruption for today's youth.
When asked about his work THE KID likes to underline his
exceptional body of works with the famous words of the great
20th century Master Picasso: "Art is not made to
decorate apartments, it is an offensive and defensive weapon of war
against the enemy".
Caption texts for attached HD photos of art works by THE
KID:
The Future Is Old. THE KID, 2018-2019. Oil painting
and egg tempera on canvas. 244 x 351 x 6 cm.
I Saw The Sun Begin To Dim. THE KID, 2018-2019. Oil
painting and egg tempera on canvas. 244 x 351 x 6 cm.
An American Pastoral .THE KID, 2018-2019. Oil painting
and egg tempera on canvas. 281 x 213 x 6 cm.
Destroy Me. THE KID, 2018-2019. Oil painting and egg
tempera on canvas. 246 x 199 x 6 cm.
Over And Over. THE KID, 2018-2019. Oil painting and egg
tempera on canvas. 246 x 199 x 6 cm.
Rise And Rise Again Until Lambs Become Lions. THE
KID, 2016. Sculpture in silicone, oil paint and various material
(no animal was hurt). 87 x 210 x 128 cm.
Photos: Courtesy Studio THE KID (all rights reserved).
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