Jamian Juliano-Villani “IT” at GAGOSIAN GALLERY – FESCH.TV

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Jamian Juliano-Villani “IT” at GAGOSIAN GALLERY

James Kalm has been editing and posting video programs on YouTube since 2006. Rarely in that time has he been privileged to observe as the career of an artist he’s acquainted with take off with such velocity. Jamian Juliano-Villani is this season’s “It Girl”. Indeed, what better title for her most recent show than “IT”? These impressive works are constructed as mash-ups of the detritus from our late entropic internet world. High fashion manikins are cast as players in socially questionable scenes, ethnic food ads are perverted into political statements, iconic celebrities are used as background props for mischievous rebuses. An interim visit to Juliano-Villani’s gallery O’Flaherty’s takes viewers along for a brief stroll through Donna Dennis’s “Houses and Hotels” an immersive installation that cast visitors back in time to wander through a group of rustic New England tourist cabins from the 1950s. This program was recorded April 4, 2024. #jameskalmreport #jameskalmroughcut #lorenmunk