Cash Cow

Go visit Judi Rotenberg’s gallery at 130 Newbury St in Boston to see a very interesting exhibit by two artists: Mary Ellen Strom and choreographer Ann Carlson. Judy always puts on wonderful, avant garde shows so I would recommend getting on her mailing list at judirotenberg.com

It’s a little bit difficult to explain the show to you but basically the artists are sending us a message about the effects of consumerism. An example is the cow in the show titled Madame 710. As you can see in this photograph, Carlson is projected in the gallery with a cow whose udders are swollen with milk and who has a yellow tag clipped to its ear 710. Carlson is seen dancing around the cow wearing nothing but dollar bills. The cow is looking directly at you. This piece indirectly says some about industrial farming which I abhor and directly about the term “cash cow”; so, not such a great description about the show but please go if you can, the show is on until April 26th

Part of the show will be at the DeCordova Musuem in Lincoln, MA. in January.