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DEAD FLOWERS PHILADELPHIA
Mar 5–May 2, 2010

Timothy Carey*, Dead Flowers*. Installation View 

Props from the 1992 production of *The Insect Trainer aka ‘Le Pet’*

Written by Timothy Carey; directed by Timothy and Romeo Carey; produced by Romeo Carey. Hand-painted sign and leather.

Courtesy The Timothy Carey Estate

Timothy Carey, Dead Flowers. Installation View 

Props from the 1992 production of The Insect Trainer aka ‘Le Pet’

Written by Timothy Carey; directed by Timothy and Romeo Carey; produced by Romeo Carey. Hand-painted sign and leather.

Courtesy The Timothy Carey Estate

Artists: Charles Atlas, Alvin Baltrop, Timothy Carey, Johanna Constantine, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Marti Domination, Scott Ewalt, Georg Gatsas, Brandon Olson, Kembra Pfahler, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Tabboo! (Stephen Tashjian), Paul Thek

 

Vox Populi and PARTICIPANT INC are pleased to present Dead Flowers, a group exhibition based on the work of actor/director Timothy Carey. Carey became known as a pioneer of underground film due to his rarely seen 1962 film, The World's Greatest Sinner. Screenings of this and other unreleased films by Carey, as well as a presentation of his ephemera and artifacts, are organized in cooperation with Romeo Carey, the artist's son and Executor of the Timothy Carey Estate. The exhibition draws themes from Carey’s unique correlation between his life and work, which sought to define what it means to be an artist through an uncompromising understanding of the meaning of success. Carey stated his rationale for declining his potentially lucrative mainstream break in order to preserve his integrity as an artist as follows:

“We slip. We bleed. Cassavetes taught me that. The truth is, I never really cared about conventional success. [...] I was offered a spot in both The Godfather and The Godfather Part II. [...] But I didn’t do either show, because if I had, I woulda been just like any other actor—out for the money.”

 
Supported by the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, this project is a collaboration of PARTICIPANT INC and Vox Populi, an artist-run nonprofit in Philadelphia.

*Dead Flowers *. Installation View at Vox Populi Philadelphia

Dead Flowers . Installation View at Vox Populi Philadelphia

Timothy Carey*, Dead Flowers*. Installation View

Timothy Carey, Dead Flowers. Installation View

Timothy Carey, *Dead Flowers*, Installation View

Timothy Carey, Dead Flowers, Installation View

*Dead Flowers*. Installation View.

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Red Chair Posed, 2008. C-print mounted on plexi-glass.

*T**ongue Kiss*, 2003. Mixed media

Dead Flowers. Installation View.

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Red Chair Posed, 2008. C-print mounted on plexi-glass.

*T*ongue Kiss, 2003. Mixed media

*Dead Flowers*. Installation View.

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Tongue Kiss, 2003. Mixed media

Alvin Baltrop, Untitled (from the series “Pier Photographs”), 1975-1986. 13 silver-gelatin prints, various dimensions

Paul Thek, Meat Cable, 1968-1969

Dead Flowers. Installation View.

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Tongue Kiss, 2003. Mixed media

Alvin Baltrop, Untitled (from the series “Pier Photographs”), 1975-1986. 13 silver-gelatin prints, various dimensions

Paul Thek, Meat Cable, 1968-1969

Alvin Baltrop, *Untitled (from the series “Pier Photographs”)*, 1975-1986. 13 silver-gelatin prints, various dimensions

Paul Thek, *Meat Cable*, 1968-1969

Alvin Baltrop, Untitled (from the series “Pier Photographs”), 1975-1986. 13 silver-gelatin prints, various dimensions

Paul Thek, Meat Cable, 1968-1969

*Dead Flowers*. Installation View. 

*The early bird catches the worm*, 2009. Acrylic on canvas

*She turned up her toes*, 2009. Acrylic and glitter on canvas

*The Nightingale*, 2008. Acrylic on linen

Dead Flowers. Installation View. 

The early bird catches the worm, 2009. Acrylic on canvas

She turned up her toes, 2009. Acrylic and glitter on canvas

The Nightingale, 2008. Acrylic on linen

Kembra Pfahler, *Man-o-war*, performance at Vox Populi, April 4, 2010. Pool table, papier-mache, paint.

Kembra Pfahler, Man-o-war, performance at Vox Populi, April 4, 2010. Pool table, papier-mache, paint.

Beaut performing *Take my Hand,* Vox Populi Philadelphia, 2010, gown by GGrippo. Photo courtesy of James Johnson

Beaut performing Take my Hand, Vox Populi Philadelphia, 2010, gown by GGrippo. Photo courtesy of James Johnson

Taboo! and Brandon Olson Performance, at Vox Populi, April 10, 2010. 

Taboo! and Brandon Olson Performance, at Vox Populi, April 10, 2010. 

Johanna Constantine, *Void*, Performance at *Vox Populi*, April 25, 2010.

Johanna Constantine, Void, Performance at Vox Populi, April 25, 2010.

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My Barbarian, *The Night Epi$ode Three: Who's for Dinner / Watery Grave, *2009. Single-channel video, 10:00 min.
My Barbarian
THE NIGHT EPI$ODE
Sept 13–Oct 18, 2009
Ottonella Mocellin and Nicola Pellegrini, *With the occasional rainbow visiting*, 2008.
Ottonella Mocellin / Nicola Pellegrini
AN INCONGRUOUS BEAM OF BEAUTY OVER THE GAZA STRIP
Oct 21–25, 2009
Stuart Sherman
STUART SHERMAN: NOTHING UP MY SLEEVE
Nov 8–Dec 20, 2009
Robin Graubard, *I live in my head*. Lambda print
Robin Graubard
THE HOLD UP
Jan 10–Feb 14, 2010
Alejandro Vidal, *When it rains, all shines black*, 2009. 8 c-prints, 125 x 185 cm each
Alejandro Vidal
WHEN IT RAINS, ALL SHINES BLACK
Feb 28–Apr 11, 2010
Johanna Constantine, *Void*, Performance at *Vox Populi*, April 25, 2010.
DEAD FLOWERS PHILADELPHIA
Mar 5–May 2, 2010
*That's When the Rabbit Taught the Eagle a Lesson With a Smith & Wesson*, Cover
THAT'S WHEN THE RABBIT TAUGHT THE EAGLE A LESSON WITH A SMITH & WESSON
Apr 18–May 2, 2010
Beaut performing *Take my Hand, *2010*.*
DEAD FLOWERS NYC
May 9–Jun 20, 2010
*Keeping Busy: An Inaccurate Survey of Michel Auder*, Installation View
KEEPING BUSY: AN INACCURATE SURVEY OF MICHEL AUDER
Jun 27–Aug 15, 2010

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