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    PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 22 May 2010 THE ESTATE OF LG WILLIAMS WAIKIKI HAWAII 96815 I N F O @ L G W I L L I A M S . C O M W W W . L G W I L L I A M S . C O M P. 415-937-1306 STUDIO HOURS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY TELEPHONEBOOTH PRESENTS CLOSED BY LG WILLIAMS JUNE 1 – JUNE 30, 2010 Telephonebooth is pleased to announce an exhibition by LG Williams. Acclaimed in California and Hawaii, this is Williams’s second major exhibition at Telephonebooth. CLOSED (2010), by the Los Angeles artist LG Williams, recognizes that large and small businesses have opened and closed the world over everyday since time immemorial for every reason imaginable. Therefore, as an artwork, CLOSED is not oriented towards artistic originality – far from it. Yet, CLOSED is linked to another legendary artwork from another, similarly tumultuous age: Chris Burden’s Shoot (1974). Just as before Shoot, thousands of people had been recently shot for every reason imaginable all across the world. Shoot’s renown, therefore, stemmed not from originality, but from the reenactment of the horror in the guise of gritty trompe l’oeil performance art. Williams believes that the professional and institutional structure that surrounds and underlies Shoot is, in fact, the gritty action’s most important salient feature – its keystone. Remarkably, this structure is wholly absent from any critical analysis of the reenactment. Indeed, Shoot was orchestrated with a full understanding of and reliance upon a vast, hidden, vibrant, and learned ultra-professional institutional safety net. Consider, for example, the selection of a highly trained, ‘expert marksman’ to fire the weapon, the reliable roads and transportation for getting the wounded artist to the nearest local hospital a.s.a.p., and, finally, the highly trained, critical-care hospital professionals with the most up-to-date medical equipment to treat the artist wounds, whether they be superficial or life-threatening. Clearly, this high-wire act had a vast safety net below. On the other hand, without this potent, life-sustaining structure underlying the 70’s artistic re-performance, Burden’s Shoot most certainly would not have taken place at all – if ever imagined. Consider that no sane native Californian Indian would have had himself or herself shot with an arrow or clubbed with an ax 500 years ago without the idea of death at the top of his or her list – given only the medical complications and uncertainties which would invariably ensue. CLOSED expands upon Shoot’s horrific poignancy not from above the fault line but from far below. At a time when the most advanced countries in the world are bankrupt or near bankrupt in every dimension, let alone financial, this exhibition examines the direct consequences of the closing of its most valuable (political, economic, educational, social, cultural) institutions so all can see – or not see as is the case. Thus, CLOSED proclaims the global horrors of our age are a world without a safety net since they are all CLOSED. There will be no announcement for the gallery closure, no artsy-fartsy aesthetic preamble or lament. This exhibition is simply CLOSED in the matter of all the other catastrophic (mental and physical) closures presently underway and in free fall – a catastrophe cause by the most devastating failure and fraudulent fiscal policies in modern global financial history. This exhibition is closed and it has no safety net. One limited edition artwork (ed. 10), entitled CLOSED, will be available for $7500. Posters can be purchased at www.cafpress.com/pcppress # # # # # Please contact Tim Brown at Telephonebooth for more exhibition or purchase information. Copyright © 1998-2010 LG WILLIAMS and The Estate of LG WILLIAMS http://www.lgwilliams.com

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    PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 22 May 2010 THE ESTATE OF LG WILLIAMS WAIKIKI HAWAII 96815 I N F O @ L G W I L L I A M S . C O M W W W . L G W I L L I A M S . C O M P. 415-937-1306 STUDIO HOURS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY TELEPHONEBOOTH PRESENTS CLOSED BY LG WILLIAMS JUNE 1 – JUNE 30, 2010 Telephonebooth is pleased to announce an exhibition by LG Williams. Acclaimed in California and Hawaii, this is Williams’s second major exhibition at Telephonebooth. CLOSED (2010), by the Los Angeles artist LG Williams, recognizes that large and small businesses have opened and closed the world over everyday since time immemorial for every reason imaginable. Therefore, as an artwork, CLOSED is not oriented towards artistic originality – far from it. Yet, CLOSED is linked to another legendary artwork from another, similarly tumultuous age: Chris Burden’s Shoot (1974). Just as before Shoot, thousands of people had been recently shot for every reason imaginable all across the world. Shoot’s renown, therefore, stemmed not from originality, but from the reenactment of the horror in the guise of gritty trompe l’oeil performance art. Williams believes that the professional and institutional structure that surrounds and underlies Shoot is, in fact, the gritty action’s most important salient feature – its keystone. Remarkably, this structure is wholly absent from any critical analysis of the reenactment. Indeed, Shoot was orchestrated with a full understanding of and reliance upon a vast, hidden, vibrant, and learned ultra-professional institutional safety net. Consider, for example, the selection of a highly trained, ‘expert marksman’ to fire the weapon, the reliable roads and transportation for getting the wounded artist to the nearest local hospital a.s.a.p., and, finally, the highly trained, critical-care hospital professionals with the most up-to-date medical equipment to treat the artist wounds, whether they be superficial or life-threatening. Clearly, this high-wire act had a vast safety net below. On the other hand, without this potent, life-sustaining structure underlying the 70’s artistic re-performance, Burden’s Shoot most certainly would not have taken place at all – if ever imagined. Consider that no sane native Californian Indian would have had himself or herself shot with an arrow or clubbed with an ax 500 years ago without the idea of death at the top of his or her list – given only the medical complications and uncertainties which would invariably ensue. CLOSED expands upon Shoot’s horrific poignancy not from above the fault line but from far below. At a time when the most advanced countries in the world are bankrupt or near bankrupt in every dimension, let alone financial, this exhibition examines the direct consequences of the closing of its most valuable (political, economic, educational, social, cultural) institutions so all can see – or not see as is the case. Thus, CLOSED proclaims the global horrors of our age are a world without a safety net since they are all CLOSED. There will be no announcement for the gallery closure, no artsy-fartsy aesthetic preamble or lament. This exhibition is simply CLOSED in the matter of all the other catastrophic (mental and physical) closures presently underway and in free fall – a catastrophe cause by the most devastating failure and fraudulent fiscal policies in modern global financial history. This exhibition is closed and it has no safety net. One limited edition artwork (ed. 10), entitled CLOSED, will be available for $7500. Posters can be purchased at www.cafpress.com/pcppress # # # # # Please contact Tim Brown at Telephonebooth for more exhibition or purchase information. Copyright © 1998-2010 LG WILLIAMS and The Estate of LG WILLIAMS http://www.lgwilliams.com

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    PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 22 May 2010 THE ESTATE OF LG WILLIAMS WAIKIKI HAWAII 96815 I N F O @ L G W I L L I A M S . C O M W W W . L G W I L L I A M S . C O M P. 415-937-1306 STUDIO HOURS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY TELEPHONEBOOTH PRESENTS CLOSED BY LG WILLIAMS JUNE 1 – JUNE 30, 2010 Telephonebooth is pleased to announce an exhibition by LG Williams. Acclaimed in California and Hawaii, this is Williams’s second major exhibition at Telephonebooth. CLOSED (2010), by the Los Angeles artist LG Williams, recognizes that large and small businesses have opened and closed the world over everyday since time immemorial for every reason imaginable. Therefore, as an artwork, CLOSED is not oriented towards artistic originality – far from it. Yet, CLOSED is linked to another legendary artwork from another, similarly tumultuous age: Chris Burden’s Shoot (1974). Just as before Shoot, thousands of people had been recently shot for every reason imaginable all across the world. Shoot’s renown, therefore, stemmed not from originality, but from the reenactment of the horror in the guise of gritty trompe l’oeil performance art. Williams believes that the professional and institutional structure that surrounds and underlies Shoot is, in fact, the gritty action’s most important salient feature – its keystone. Remarkably, this structure is wholly absent from any critical analysis of the reenactment. Indeed, Shoot was orchestrated with a full understanding of and reliance upon a vast, hidden, vibrant, and learned ultra-professional institutional safety net. Consider, for example, the selection of a highly trained, ‘expert marksman’ to fire the weapon, the reliable roads and transportation for getting the wounded artist to the nearest local hospital a.s.a.p., and, finally, the highly trained, critical-care hospital professionals with the most up-to-date medical equipment to treat the artist wounds, whether they be superficial or life-threatening. Clearly, this high-wire act had a vast safety net below. On the other hand, without this potent, life-sustaining structure underlying the 70’s artistic re-performance, Burden’s Shoot most certainly would not have taken place at all – if ever imagined. Consider that no sane native Californian Indian would have had himself or herself shot with an arrow or clubbed with an ax 500 years ago without the idea of death at the top of his or her list – given only the medical complications and uncertainties which would invariably ensue. CLOSED expands upon Shoot’s horrific poignancy not from above the fault line but from far below. At a time when the most advanced countries in the world are bankrupt or near bankrupt in every dimension, let alone financial, this exhibition examines the direct consequences of the closing of its most valuable (political, economic, educational, social, cultural) institutions so all can see – or not see as is the case. Thus, CLOSED proclaims the global horrors of our age are a world without a safety net since they are all CLOSED. There will be no announcement for the gallery closure, no artsy-fartsy aesthetic preamble or lament. This exhibition is simply CLOSED in the matter of all the other catastrophic (mental and physical) closures presently underway and in free fall – a catastrophe cause by the most devastating failure and fraudulent fiscal policies in modern global financial history. This exhibition is closed and it has no safety net. One limited edition artwork (ed. 10), entitled CLOSED, will be available for $7500. Posters can be purchased at www.cafpress.com/pcppress # # # # # Please contact Tim Brown at Telephonebooth for more exhibition or purchase information. Copyright © 1998-2010 LG WILLIAMS and The Estate of LG WILLIAMS http://www.lgwilliams.com

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    PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    22 May 2010

    THE ESTATE OF LG WILLIAMS


    WAIKIKI HAWAII 96815
    INFO@LGWILLIAMS.COM
    WWW.LGWILLIAMS.COM
    P. 415-937-1306
    STUDIO HOURS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

    TELEPHONEBOOTH PRESENTS CLOSED


    BY LG WILLIAMS JUNE 1 – JUNE 30, 2010
    Telephonebooth is pleased to announce an exhibition by LG
    Williams. Acclaimed in California and Hawaii, this is Williams’s
    second major exhibition at Telephonebooth.

    CLOSED (2010), by the Los Angeles artist LG Williams, recognizes that


    large and small businesses have opened and closed the world over
    everyday since time immemorial for every reason imaginable. Therefore,
    as an artwork, CLOSED is not oriented towards artistic originality – but in a
    direction quite opposite.

    Yet, CLOSED is linked to another legendary artwork from a similarly


    tumultuous age: Chris Burden’s 1974 performance Shoot. Just as before
    Shoot, thousands of people, all across the world, had been recently shot
    for every reason imaginable. Shoot’s renown, therefore, stemmed not from
    (its) originality, but from the reenactment of the horror before something
    inevitable, that, in the guise of gritty trompe l’oeil premonition now, after
    thirty-five years, labeled performance art.

    Williams believes that the professional and institutional structure that


    surrounds and underscores Shoot is, in fact, the artwork’s inconspicuous
    crucial element: its keystone. It is not only the canonical artwork’s guardian
    angel, but also the undisputable ephemeral counterpoint to the explosive
    “bang”. Remarkably, this structure is wholly absent from any critical
    analysis of the reenactment. Shoot was orchestrated with a full
    understanding of and reliance upon a vast, hidden, vibrant, and learned
    ultra-professional institutional safety net. Consider, for example, the
    selection of a highly trained, ‘expert marksman’ to fire the weapon, the
    reliable roads and transportation for getting the wounded artist to the
    nearest local hospital a.s.a.p., and, finally, the highly trained, critical-care
    hospital professionals with the most up-to-date medical equipment to treat
    the artist wounds, whether they be superficial or life-threatening. Clearly,
    this high-wire act had a vast safety net behind it.

    On the other hand, without this potent, life-sustaining infrastructure


    underlying the 70’s artistic re-performance, Burden’s Shoot most certainly
    would have ended with a “thud”, not have taken place at all, or ever
    imagined. No sane West Bank Palestinian would test his luck with this
    stunt today in 2010, nor would any sane native Californian Indian have had
    himself or herself shot with an arrow or clubbed with an ax 500 years ago
    without the idea of death at the top of his or her list – given only the
    medical complications and uncertainties which would invariably ensue.

    CLOSED expands upon Shoot’s horrific poignancy not from above the
    fault line but from far below. At a time when the most advanced countries
    in the world are bankrupt or inevitably bankrupt in every dimension, let
    alone financial, this exhibition examines the direct consequences of the
    closing of its most valuable (political, economic, educational, social,
    cultural) institutions so all can see – or not see as is the case. Thus,
    CLOSED proclaims the global horrors of our age are a world without the
    remarkable or a safety net since they are all CLOSED. There will be no
    siren, no announcement for the gallery closure, no artsy-fartsy aesthetic
    preamble or lament. This exhibition is simply CLOSED in the matter of all
    the other catastrophic (mental and physical) closures presently underway
    and in free fall – a catastrophe cause by the most damaging fiscal
    practices and devastating policy failures in modern global financial history.
    This exhibition is closed and it has no safety net.

    One limited edition artwork (ed. 10), entitled CLOSED, will be available for
    $7500. Posters can be purchased at www.cafpress.com/pcppress

    #####

    Please contact Tim Brown at Telephonebooth for more exhibition or


    purchase information.

    Copyright © 1998-2010 LG WILLIAMS and The Estate of LG WILLIAMS http://www.lgwilliams.com

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