Daniel Manning Pope Jr. - "1978 - 1995 – Montana" | Riso Print
Risographic Print
Signed, First Edition
Unframed
16’ x 12’
The questions the artist presents with this group of work is as follows: Did a mass suicide at the behest of a hypnotic cult leader take place in Guyana in November of 1978 with a total death count of 918? On December 14th, 2012, did a mass shooter kill 28 people, 20 of which were between ages 6 and 7 in Newtown Connecticut? In 1989, did the United States Armed Forces invade the country of Panama in a brief yet brutal display of force, one of only multiple dozens of both ‘official’ and unofficial interventions in the continent during the 20th century?
Yes, in fact all of these things did take place. What I hope to bring to the forefront is our collective rapid detachment to said real events which are placed in direct conflict with the operating abstracting-machine that Baudrillard so accurately recognized over three decades ago.
Risographic Print
Signed, First Edition
Unframed
16’ x 12’
The questions the artist presents with this group of work is as follows: Did a mass suicide at the behest of a hypnotic cult leader take place in Guyana in November of 1978 with a total death count of 918? On December 14th, 2012, did a mass shooter kill 28 people, 20 of which were between ages 6 and 7 in Newtown Connecticut? In 1989, did the United States Armed Forces invade the country of Panama in a brief yet brutal display of force, one of only multiple dozens of both ‘official’ and unofficial interventions in the continent during the 20th century?
Yes, in fact all of these things did take place. What I hope to bring to the forefront is our collective rapid detachment to said real events which are placed in direct conflict with the operating abstracting-machine that Baudrillard so accurately recognized over three decades ago.
Risographic Print
Signed, First Edition
Unframed
16’ x 12’
The questions the artist presents with this group of work is as follows: Did a mass suicide at the behest of a hypnotic cult leader take place in Guyana in November of 1978 with a total death count of 918? On December 14th, 2012, did a mass shooter kill 28 people, 20 of which were between ages 6 and 7 in Newtown Connecticut? In 1989, did the United States Armed Forces invade the country of Panama in a brief yet brutal display of force, one of only multiple dozens of both ‘official’ and unofficial interventions in the continent during the 20th century?
Yes, in fact all of these things did take place. What I hope to bring to the forefront is our collective rapid detachment to said real events which are placed in direct conflict with the operating abstracting-machine that Baudrillard so accurately recognized over three decades ago.
