“News from Nowhere,” Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA 09.12.09

News From Nowhere is a group exhibition of collage, sculpture, painting, drawing, video, and performance by Z Behl, Ernest Concepcion, Stephen Collier, Libby Hartle, and Morgan Sorne.
Taken from the title of William Morris’s book, News From Nowhere explores the nature in which we search for utopia. The pieces beg the questions: does utopia exist; how does one know if they have reached or entered into a utopia; is man’s relationship to some kind of Eden constantly evolving; and, finally, does this search ever end? With different forces at play, our intentions for the ideal state are usually good. However, the search can be dangerous and may lead to undesirable consequences.
Throughout history, we have seen its equally opposing dystopic forces in cruel and devastingly expressions, including Hitler’s Third Reich and the Jim Jones genocide. Some believe Native American cultures were living in utopian landscapes until guns, germs, and steel were introduced to them.
Curated by Stephen Collier