Kenney Mencher

MARCH INVITATION: TELL ME WHY, TELL ME WHY, TELL ME WHY (WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER?) — Saturday, March 11, 2017 Public Preview: 12pm - 5pm Evening Reception: 7pm - 9pm  Tell Me Why, Tell Me Why, Tell Me Why (Why Can't We Live Together?) Exhibition March 4 - April 29, 2017 Public Preview Saturday, March 11 from 12pm - 5pm Evening Reception Saturday, March 11 from 7pm - 9pm   What do we do when the news makes us cry? Art remains a source of solace, explanation, and surprise. In Tell Me Why, a diverse range of contemporary artists consider our present moment of conflict, addressing narratives of difference and resentment as well as hope and beauty. The show’s title is a lyric from the 1972 Timmy Thomas recording Why Can’t We Live Together? The song's central question resonates throughout the show, with responses in the form of conceptually rigorous work from artists including: Enrique Chagoya, Sonya Clark, Jamal Cyrus, Binh Danh, Claudio Dicochea, Angela Ellsworth, Maximo Gonzalez, Siri Devi Khandavilli, Mark Klett, Carrie Marill, Luis Molina-Pantin, Ann Morton, Reynier Leyva Novo, Kambui Olujimi, and Charlotte Potter. Everyone is born somewhere. I'm not so interested in the idea of a shared origin, I'm interested in the idea of a shared destination. —Claudio Dicochea   In an essential way, Tell Me Why is a united act, presenting contemporary work by artists from Bangalore to Mexico; the borderlands of the Southwest to California's immigrant shores.  While valuing conceptual exploration over a specific or exacting agenda, the artists of Tell Me Why converge in the shared practice of working to make sense of our common humanity. All we want is some peace in this world. —Timmy Thomas READ MORE > Images Top Left: Binh Danh, Stay Woke Buddha 1, 2017, daguerreotype, 7.5" x 5" unframed, 12" x 9.5" framed, variant 1 Top Right: Sonya Clark, Unraveled Persistence, 2016, deconstructed nylon Confederate Battle Flag threads, flag pole, 104" x 24" x 8", edition of 5 Third: Enrique Chagoya, Mindful Savage Guide to Reverse Anthropology (detail), 2017, acrylic and water based oil paint on de-acidified vintage paper, 15” x 97” framed, unique Fourth: Kambui Olujimi, Killing Time, 2017, mixed media, 60" x 15" LISA SETTE GALLERY 210 East Catalina Drive, Phoenix, Arizona 85012  480 990 7342  map | directions GALLERY HOURS Tuesday – Friday 10 – 5  Saturday 12 – 5  and by appointment  closed Sunday and Monday SOCIAL PROFILES