![]() ![]() It was a decade of violence that, accidentally or not, merged its fate with the rise of mass media. It was as though every single event out there was closely followed and put in the spotlight, be it the Vietnam war, Malcolm X, the assassinations of Kennedy or Martin Luther King, or even the death of Marilyn Monroe. The 1960s were a turbulent time, for the world at large but particularly for the United States. ![]() Jeff Gilette - Minnie Hiroshima Series Nine Pensive The Apocalypse of JG Ballard ![]() Fourteen internationally renowned artists from locals to Korea, the US, Canada, Spain and Finland, will convey in Norway to address the apocalypse pop of today and the atrocities it keeps on presenting us with. Taking the name and the inspiration from a classic 1970 book by JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition, is an art show presented by Reed Projects and Nuart, in association with Oslo’s Galleri A / A Minor. The Norwegian capital of Oslo becomes the hotspot of a true cultural examination, a journey in which layers of society are about to unfold, where the contemporary popular concepts dominate, influence and thrive, while riding the wave of neoliberal economics and alienation of the very people they entertain. ![]()
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