The Madeleine Stowe Show(e)
July 20th - September 6th, 2018
Pique, Covington, KY
In this exhibition 13 artists from near and far created short films, texts, drawings, and objects all to do with the actor Madeleine Stowe (Last of the Mohicans, 12 Monkeys, TV's Revenge). If you are asking "who is that actor again?" that is something of the point of this show.
In a 2017 New York Times article, "I Ignored Trump for a Week, Here's What I Learned," Farhad Manjoo cites a figure pertaining to the media coverage of "1,000 of the world's most known figures." Donald Trump's earned media value averages at about $817 million dollars a month, about $100 million more than the "next 1,000 famous people put together." The 1,000th most mentioned person in that data figure was Madeleine Stowe.
Stowe, in this context, is 800 thousand times less likely to be featured in media than someone like Trump. This, it would seem, is cause to attempt to rectify that, for what kind of world are we looking at when Donald Trump is a barometer of visibility. This exhibition exists to shift Stowe's ranking not only as an act of minor resistance, but to consider on a large scale how we might replace Trump's value - earned or otherwise - with one of our own making. While Madeleine Stowe may be the subject of this exhibition, it may also be about how small change, minor gestures, and miniature movements can possibly have a real effect.
Featuring: Britni Bicknaver, Caitlin Ryan, Chris Little, David Corns, Hanna M. Owens, Jesse Malmed, Jimmy Schaus, Joe Hedges, John Sczcepaniak, Lauren Sudbrink, Loraine Wible, Nellie Kluz, Sidney Cherie Hilley
Photos: Lindsey Whittle
In a 2017 New York Times article, "I Ignored Trump for a Week, Here's What I Learned," Farhad Manjoo cites a figure pertaining to the media coverage of "1,000 of the world's most known figures." Donald Trump's earned media value averages at about $817 million dollars a month, about $100 million more than the "next 1,000 famous people put together." The 1,000th most mentioned person in that data figure was Madeleine Stowe.
