Christine Y. Kim: Quid Pro Quo: Artists-in-Residence, 2006

Quid Pro Quo: Artists-in-Residence, group exhibition, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (2006)

The art of Rashawn Griffin, Karyn Olivier and Clifford Owens is grounded in the quid pro quo of everyday life. This Latin phrase translates to “something for something,” an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a favor for a favor. It is also a legal term. For some, funds or favors given quid pro quo may constitute a breach of trust or unethical circumvention of the law. But as a practice, barter is a social norm, the oldest form of currency and still a popular method of acquiring goods and services. The works in this exhibition address and suggest ways in which objects and ideas can be exchanged or converted into something else. Literal elements, such as dime-store body lotion, denim jeans and jungle gyms are reinvented and reincarnated into new objects with altered forms, functions and meanings.

The Artists-in-Residence Program represents one of the founding initiatives of the Museum from its inception in 1968.

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Image: Quid Pro Quo: Artists-in-Residence, 2006. Installation view. Photo: Adam Reich

Quid Pro Quo: Artists-in-Residence, 2006

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