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“CUTitALISM”
THE NEW EXHIBITION FROM ICY & SOT (IR) Exhibition: 28th August - 19th September Preview: 27th August 19:00
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Stencil cutting Iranian brothers ICY & SOT present CUTitALISM, a slicing condemnation of many true costs of free-range rampant capitalism using world currency, razor sharp blades and aerosol. Social and political critique has played heavily in the street work of the Tabriz natives since they first experimented with one-color aerosol stencils on city walls and makeshift skate parks in their hometown in 2006. The intervening years and the artist duo’s gradual evolution as world travelling players in the current street art scene have only emboldened their pointed opinions on matters of social injustice. With CUTitALISM in the gallery setting, this new collection of stenciled paintings, collaged works, photography, and sculpture leave little room for misinterpretation for viewers. Originally taking stylistic inspiration as teens from monochromatic Street Art originators like Blek Le Rat and Jef Aerosol and the sarcastic political bite of Banksy, ICY & SOT take their knives to cut open the desperation of economic refugees and other discarded peoples, the desolation of lands destroyed by an ever growing war machine, the doublespeak of political/corporate leaders on the take, and the demoralizing forces of systemic economic violence that they see the world over. Using the stark simplicity of masking and stencil cutting, ICY & SOT depict soldiers atop soil draped in currency, clustered homeless people awash in bombed rubble, and a last supper of queens and ayatollahs and heads of state on a dollar bill. Since leaving their country for Brooklyn, New York in 2012, the brothers have continued their creative crusade to challenge what they see as hypocrisy in their homeland as well as some new unwelcome discoveries outside of it. Whether it is human rights, social justice, environmental degradation, immigration issues, harrowing economic inequality, or the ubiquity of guns on the streets, ICY (born 1985) and SOT (born 1991) have not shied away from creating challenging work on the street and in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Iran, The United States, and Europe. With CUTitALISM on exhibit at Reed Projects the stencil-cutting brothers are using the persuasive currency of art to examine the corrupting effects of currency around the globe. Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo
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SOLD Last Supper
by ICY & SOT (IR) Medium: Stencil spray paint on canvas Edition of 2 Size: 193 x 81cm Year: 2015 Price: 45 000 NOK
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Inconspicuous by ICY & SOT (IR)
Medium: Stencil spray paint on cut out wood Edition: Unique Size: 65 x 116 cm Year: 2015 Price: 31 000 NOK
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Migration
by ICY & SOT (IR) Medium: Stencil spray paint on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 70 x 128 cm Year: 2015 Price: 31 000 NOK
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Gentrification
by ICY & SOT (IR) Medium: Stencil spray paint on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 91 x 117 cm Year: 2015 Price: 31 000 NOK
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Desolate
by ICY & SOT (IR) Medium: Stencil spray paint on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 91.5 x 91.5 cm Year: 2015 Price: 28 500 NOK
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American Dream by ICY & SOT (IR)
Medium: Stencil spray paint on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 91.5 x 91.5 cm Year: 2015 Price: 28 500 NOK
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SOLD Demoralization l by ICY & SOT (IR)
Medium: Stencil spray paint on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 48.5 x 90 cm Year: 2015 Price: 22 000 NOK
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Demoralization l l by ICY & SOT (IR)
Medium: Stencil spray paint on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 48.5 x 90 cm Year: 2015 Price: 22 000 NOK
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Demoralization l l l by ICY & SOT (IR)
Medium: Stencil spray paint on canvas Edition: Unique Size: 48.5 x 90 cm Year: 2015 Price: 22 000 NOK
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Money makes the world go round by ICY & SOT (IR)
Medium: Cut out currency on 16 inch desktop globe Edition: Unique Size: 61 x 61 cm Year: 2015 Price: 24 500 NOK
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Contamination by ICY & SOT (IR)
Medium: Stencil and screen print on wood panel Edition: Unique Size: 61 x 61 cm Year: 2015 Price: 16 300 NOK
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SOLD Homelessness by ICY & SOT (IR)
Medium: Hand carved cut out wood Edition: Unique Size: 75 x 40 cm Year: 2015 Price: 14 750 NOK
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SOLD Monetary Power by ICY & SOT (IR)
Medium: Cut out currency on illustration board Edition: Unique Size: 36.5 x 60cm Year: 2015 Price: 12 200 NOK
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SOLD Currency War
by ICY & SOT (IR) Medium: Cut out currency on illustration board Edition: Unique Size: 36.5 x 60cm Year: 2015 Price: 12 200 NOK
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Venality
by ICY & SOT (IR) Medium: Stencil and screen print on wood panel Edition of 2 Size: 61 x 61 cm Year: 2015 Price: 12 200 NOK
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Capitalism
by ICY & SOT (IR) Medium: Photograph Edition of 3 Size: 100 X 70 CM Year: 2015 Price: 10 500 NOK
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SOLD 5 Cent Ride
by ICY & SOT (IR) Medium: Stencil spray paint on found wood Edition: Unique Size: 59 x 29 cm Year: 2015 Price: 7 300 NOK
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The Race
by ICY & SOT (IR) Medium: 5 colour screenprint with Lascaux ink on 300g Conqueror Connoisseur paper Edition: 100 Size: 50x70 cm Year: 2015 Price: 1250 NOK
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