ASHES/ASHES is freaking out to present GOODBYE, a new exhibition featuring the work of performance artist Jake Dibeler. The exhibition runs from August 15 through September 26, with a performance by Dibeler on August 22 at 8pm. The gallery space will be transformed for the performance, with black-and-white ceramic tiling and banal funeral décor evoking both the cold sterility of a men’s bathroom and the awkward somberness of a wake. Jake’s macabre and outlandish performance, incorporating drag, dance, and lip-syncing, will realize the dramatic potential of these ordinarily drab interior spaces – the bathroom becomes eroticized, voyeuristic; the funeral wake becomes an unholy spectacle. All the while, the “deceased” remains elusive – whether it is the artist, the art, or something else entirely is a question for the viewer’s interpretation.
For the remainder of the exhibition, the gallery will showcase the quiet remains of Dibeler’s performance. T-shirts and souvenirs will be available for sale online for those who didn't feel like showing up.
Jake Dibeler is a performance artist based in Brooklyn, New York. With hilarious and sometimes terrifying stage antics and choreography, Dibeler pulls from the debris of pop culture to construct abstract narratives and socio-political commentaries. Dibeler’s performances deftly hopscotch through loud visuals of death, disease, sexuality, and raw humanity.
For the remainder of the exhibition, the gallery will showcase the quiet remains of Dibeler’s performance. T-shirts and souvenirs will be available for sale online for those who didn't feel like showing up.
Jake Dibeler is a performance artist based in Brooklyn, New York. With hilarious and sometimes terrifying stage antics and choreography, Dibeler pulls from the debris of pop culture to construct abstract narratives and socio-political commentaries. Dibeler’s performances deftly hopscotch through loud visuals of death, disease, sexuality, and raw humanity.