Sebura&Gartelmann: Bonded exhibition catalog

“The tools become the conduit, the iconography,
of those subsets of traditional identifications of
male culture, experiences, and roles.”
Sebura&Gartelmann, Peg Wall, 2017. Four-channel video with sound,
8:28 minutes. Courtesy of the artists.
There is a transition with the work
of Sebura&Gartelmann, where their
academic understanding of an art
practice elevates the language and
lens of alternative youth culture and
laborers’ class. Their raw ability to
express themselves through easily
accessible materials and simple
gestures elevates the experience
of dirty and sometimes dangerous
actions and inserts a level of care for
the viewer to experience. The tools
become the conduit, the iconography,
of those subsets of traditional
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