I don't know who made it out to Uturn gallery space on saturday with the rain and bockfest keeping everyone busy, but there was a show about humor that had some interesting work. The show was called People Who Make Us Smile. It was full of installation work and funny images. DVDs of funny shows and movies, A 75 dollar Bart Simpson "don't have a cow man" cup full of yellow liquid, collages, one featuring my favorite "Pizza the Hut", a running jersey that has "you have fat ankles" in a convincing logo, to list a few. All of the work was pretty light and a fun show to spend some time in. I was proud of the people who submitted work because while it did contain some one liner art, some of the pieces were a bit more than that, which was refreshing for a cincinnanti show about humor. It was a nice mix of objects and images that brought their wintertime viewers a bit out of their seasonal affective disorder.
Show highlight was a photograph in a studio/garage space of a typical midwest looking mom sticking her head through the "O" in a giant sign that said "Mom". She is grinning and standing on the remnants of where they cut out the "O". Her expression and dress combined with the surroundings made everyone laugh when they looked at this piece in a gallery setting.
Show sadness, my friends Chris Reeves and Loraine Wible had a couple video pieces that people kept turning the volume down on. I didn't even really get to hear the piece, bummer.
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