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“I’m pretty self-conscious because it does feel like pretty lame stuff now.” – Cary Leibowitz
From the CAMH:
Cary Leibowitz: Museum Show is the first comprehensive career survey and solo museum exhibition devoted to the New York-based contemporary artist.
Since the early 1990s, Leibowitz has carried on with an interdisciplinary practice that turns a critical eye on subjects of identity, modernism, the art market, queer politics, and kitsch. In his comically self-effacing text-based works, for which he is best known, he mixes his obsessions with popular culture and fine art with elements of social commentary, self-loathing, institutional critique, and stand-up comedy. His work manages to seamlessly blend comedy and neurosis in such a way that questions about appearance and identity become a running commentary on the self/other.
This exhibition was organized by The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California and curated by Anastasia James. The Houston presentation has been coordinated by CAMH Director Bill Arning.
