Reception for the artist on Friday, September 13th, 5:00-7:30 PM
Exhibition runs September 13th thru November 9th

Donald Young Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of DYG Projects: Jack Sloss, Shed. This exhibition brings together two recent installations, Shed and Session, which examine the human condition and “the collision between private and public identity.”

The video installation Shed features Sloss and his wife continuously and meticulously attempting to reenact an unsettling scene from a movie. With each take the viewer is seduced into the human drama of the relationship between husband and wife and the intensity of their desire for perfection. The events are made even more disconcerting as the couple, dressed as clowns, slowly and chillingly converge on the camera. The projection is viewed through a large red woodshed which contains two oversized red clown noses in which the viewer may sit.

In Session, a beautifully crafted DJ’s turntable serves as a platform in which the artist combines the audio from two individual’s experiences of a single, intimate encounter. Using two binaural recording devices, Sloss recorded the act of a man “giving head” to a woman onto clear vinyl records which spin simultaneously on the turntables. The artwork is experienced through two sets of headphones in which participants may listen to both the male and female experience of this event simultaneously.

Sloss received his BFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia in 1998 and his MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2002.

The reception is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday thru Friday, 10:00 to 5:30 and Saturday, 11:00 to 5:30. If you would like more information, please contact Emily Letourneau at 312.455.0100.