{"id":20201,"date":"2017-11-02T17:47:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T21:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/?page_id=20201"},"modified":"2017-11-02T17:50:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T21:50:06","slug":"20201-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/?page_id=20201","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

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Monday November 6, 7:30pm<\/span>
\nNicholas Vargelis<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe Artist, Her Cat, Mister Vegan, and the Agony of Power<\/span><\/strong><\/em>
\nLive performance<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nImage courtesy of Nicholas Vargelis<\/span>
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Microscope Gallery is pleased to present the New York premiere of The Artist, Her Cat, Mister Vegan, and the Agony of Power<\/em> a performance\/presentation by artist Nicholas Vargelis. <\/span><\/p>\n

Starting off as a minimalistic light show operated onstage by Vargelis using common electric supplies, the performance continues as a slide show complemented by the artist’s eloquent yet intricate account of the challenges involved in collective artistic practice and the dynamics of his codependent relationship, intertwining public display and intimate self-disclosure.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Relating different events that occurred when I worked with the artist group \u201cEt al.*\u201d, the performance combines real and alternative facts about a very personal story. In particular, I mention lines of conflict when working in collaboration with a group: issues of collective creation, authorship and trust; all the while struggling to maintain a friendship corrupted by unbalanced power relations.\u00a0These various stories and anecdotes of life with the artist group are intermixed with references to psychological pathologies (Stockholm Syndrome, Perversion, Narcissism, etc.) parallel to confessions and self critical reflections.” – NV<\/span>
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\nDuration: approximately 40 minutes<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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General admission $8<\/em><\/span>
\nMembers & Students $6<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nNicholas Vargelis works primarily in installation and performance.\u00a0His work combines various contemporary practices – social organization, technological development, narrative histories, the iconography of forms (such as the history of the light bulb) – with the artist as \u201csituation inventor\u201d who alters contexts to provoke different orders of thought.\u00a0Vargelis\u2019 practice is often collaborative and influenced by a social network of artists, writer, architects, and other thinkers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vargelis\u2019 work has previously been exhibited at The Villa Romana, Florence; K\u00fcnstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt am Main; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Cit\u00e9 Internationale des Arts, Paris; Ygrec, Paris; Le Commissariat, Paris; B\u00e9ton Salon, Paris; Le Petit Versailles, New York; The MIX: New York Queer Experimental Film Festival, New York;\u00a0 Machine Project, Los Angeles, among others.\u00a0His work can be found in the collection of Le Mus\u00e9e National d\u2019Art Moderne\/ Centre Pompidou: Biblioth\u00e8que Kandinsky, Paris, France.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nicholas Vargelis received his MFA from l\u2019\u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure d\u2019Arts de Paris-Cergy in 2011 and has participated in several residency programs: la Cit\u00e9 Internationale des Arts, Paris; Le Parc Saint L\u00e9ger Centre d\u2019Art Contemporain, Pougues-les-Eaux, France; The Villa Romana (international guest artist), Florence, Italy.\u00a0Vargelis lives and works in New York City and Paris, France.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nWith the underwriting support of the Robert D. Bielecki Foundation<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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