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The Why Not Gallery is glad to present CREDIT…credit group show comprised of the video Credits by Hannah Black and the photo print Old by Zura Tsopurashvili. The exhibition explores living conditions in the age of capitalism and some core anxieties that this system bore.
The exhibition takes its title from Hannah Black's video 'Credits'.
The video is inspired by the medieval practice of shaming through public humiliation and addresses notions of debt in different historical contexts. It is full of references to violent social practices that were once taken as a norm, hinting maybe one day capitalism and its methods of regulating might be deemed scandalously offensive.
The video is superimposed with Zura Tsopurashvili's photographic print 'Old'. The photo depicts an average looking Georgian man sitting in an armchair, in quite a standard-looking Caucasian interior with a subtle twist to it. The sight is uncannily linked with the social vulnerabilities that the video 'Credits is concerned with.
Hannah Black (born 1981, Manchester) lives and works in New York. Her art addresses questions of race, gender, class, pop culture, and capital, among other things. Hannah completed her MFA at Goldsmiths, in 2013 and was a studio participant on the Whitney International Study Programme in New York from 2013 to 2014. Her work in video and installation has been exhibited at a number of museums and galleries including the New Museum and Interstate Projects (NY), mumok, Vienna, Arcadia Missa, DRAF (London) the Whitechapel (London), the New Museum, PS1 MoMA among others.
Zura Tsopurashvili (b. 1992) studied at the CCA-Tbilisi between 2014-2015, where he obtained his informal masters degree. His multimedia practice is noteworthy in its unique sensuality and distinguished approach to the immediate surroundings of the artist. Zura's art has been extensively exhibited around Georgia.