Rita Ackerman & Harmony Korine: Shadow Fux

Shadow Fux: The first collaborative work of New York artist Rita Ackermann and Nashville based director Harmony Korine consistes of large-scale paintings on vinyl and canvas, several drawings as well as one film, creating a grand presentation with dissonant overtones. Central to the praxis of both is the creation of psychologically jarring figures, whose presence is further enhanced by fragmented narratives. Produced in a call and response method, the collaboration illustrates the importance of cutting to both artists’ works. Editing and splicing, Ackermann and Korine insert absurdist moments into narrative tropes, subverting plotlines and ultimately defying our expectations towards story telling. Shadow Fux aims to create a veritable alien, who stalks the viewer from the fringe. The eerie paintings and their filmic complements are an unyielding monument to the freak, the hysteric, the rake, and the eccentric.