Rebekah Templeton
c o n t e m p o r a r y a r t
For Immediate Release:
February 18, 2008
Contact: Sarah Eberle/Ben Will
Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art is proud to present The Truth About
Maximilian, an exhibition of new paintings, collages and installation by
Todd Keyser. In this exhibition, visions of science fiction fantasies and
borrowed architectural forms meld together forming a disjointed layer of
modernist constructs mirroring the present philosophical chaos of our
contemporary lifestyle. In the light of our experiences today, these models of
utopian ideals and the boundless assumptions concerning the progress of humanity
appear foolish and shortsighted.
Todd Keyser’s image making is a process stemming from appropriation and
reconfiguration. The images appearing in The Truth About Maximilian are found and
then reprocessed into environments where the nostalgic idioms of their origins
collide with contemporary realities. Playful rather than foreboding, the images
allude to the camp and naiveté of science fiction films and high modernist
architectural structures. Keyser’s aim is to re-evaluate the precepts that
governed the creation of 20th century monuments and media within the experience
of the contemporary condition. As an academically trained painter, Keyser’s
examination of modernists philosophies conjoined with science fiction pop
absurdities is more a symphonic intellectual musing than a visual rock and roll
diatribe.
The Truth About Maximilian opens on Thursday, March 13, 2008 with an opening
reception from 6-9 pm. The exhibition features the work of Philadelphia artist
Todd Keyser and includes painting, collage and installation. The show closes on
Saturday, April 19, 2008.
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