Almine Rech opens an exhibition organized with Bill Powers
(Artdaily.org)

Almine Rech Paris is presenting CHORUS, the third exhibition organized with Bill Powers (following Cliche in New York and Early 21st Century Art in London, both 2018). A riff on music producer Tom Dowd’s famous line “Don’t bore us, get to the chorus”, this sentiment speaks to the audience’s relationship with contemporary western culture. They want the hook without the set up, drop the bass and make it all chorus, no verse. Group shows are a type of chorus, a gathering of disparate voices brought together. Historically, the Greek chorus included characters speaking on the dramatic action viewed before us as a unified response. Genesis Tramaine’s paintings translate these choral actors into portraits of Jesus’ apostles. Jonathan Gardner reminds us that currency is a faith-based agreement tacitly stamped with the approval of the masses in their acceptance of its value.