Ronnie Crutchfield's comments on Martha Wilson exhibition

(Ronnie's comments)

Looking at Martha Wilson’s earlier works was simply extraordinary. I enjoyed the way she played with her subject matter, making them into some sort of a new reality. Her interest of transformative change was clearly evident as she, in my opinion, adds a little sarcasm to age, gender, and social identities. Personas were important to her, they became a medium for her, so to speak. Works like her enactments of the wives of former Presidents George W. H. Bush and Ronald Reagan  said to be pushing the boundaries of exhibition and display practice.  The displays of the work of some of the artists she worked with at the time says a lot too. These people were people who understood her mindset and made me feel like her work was meant for her time. It was radical, and Wilson had so much appreciation for the parody, humor and irony behind personality. In her most recent works, Wilson  moves to a very in-depth political ground where she allows ‘time’ to become a factor. Role Playing and self-portraiture was a great way for Martha’s work to go. Now one see’s her continuing to be the subject of her own subjectivity. In was intrigued and pleased with Wilson’s project Growing Old. For me , it shows that we as individuals  may pay so much attention to our identity that we are blind to the spaces between ourselves and others, which triggers irony, judgment , and miscommunication.