HATORADE RETROGRADE debuted at Chicago’s Threewalls/Rational Park in May 2016 and was received with an Art Forum Critics pick by Matt Morris:
It features a selection of sartorial works set against a backdrop of revisionist “lipstick formalist” paintings to present a dystopian vision of the US anno 2033.
In this glimmering post-capitalist burnout we must learn to make-do-and-mend, to repurpose art for art’s sake, and perhaps to forgive –but not forget–certain moments in the past when we were all hitting the Hatorade a little too hard. HATORADE RETROGRADE paints a bleak but hilarious picture of our shared predicament: on the intersectional battlefield we traverse there is no one-size-fits-all body armor, yet we cannot let our guards down post-feminism, until we arrive at post-gynophobia.
Central to the exhibition is a motley crew of female protagonists, each imbued with a unique voice and delivered by an all female cast.
Read on for my catalogue essay for the show, which sets the scene and introduces the characters, and click on the hyperlinks for each persona for art work and audio:
https://lisehallerbaggesen.wordpress.com/hatorade-retrograde/
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