Highest Grossing Film: The Sequel
Powder Room 201 N Braddock Ave, #209, Pittsburgh, United StatesProduced alongside the political theatre of 2017, "Highest Grossing Film: The Sequel" approaches issues of capital, entertainment, and collapse.
Gray Swartzel
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Gray Swartzel: Mother Tongue No. 1
Ellis Gallery School of Art 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesUpon coming across a home video that presents both his pregnant mother and the artist as a newborn, MFA Candidate Gary Swartzel acts as a drag character of his mother in order to queer his existence prior to birth.
Gray Swartzel: Mother Tongue No. II
Powder Room 201 N Braddock Ave, #209, Pittsburgh, United StatesUpon coming across a home video that presents both his pregnant mother and the artist as a newborn, Gray Swartzel performs a slapstick drag persona of his mother in order to queer his existence prior to birth.
Immutable Stage: MFA Exhibition
Miller ICA, Purnell Center for the Arts 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, United StatesCreated within the current political tumult, new works by the 2018 CMU School of Art MFA candidates examine pop culture fantasies of entertainment, capital, and collapse.