Consideration
2005, Series of mixed media works
Exhibited at Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, as part of the Performa05 Biennial…
Consideration, Carey Young’s solo show at Paula Cooper Gallery, featured a series of legally-enforceable contracts between artist and viewer.
Created in conjunction with a legal team, the text, video and performative works entice the viewer into agreements that explore notions of individual autonomy, freedom of speech and the social contract. Engaging participants in a series of contractual relationships, Young dissects the viewer’s experience of the exhibition, from accepting the exhibition invitation, to entering and moving around the exhibition space…
visual-poetry:
»declared void« by carey young