Augen DeSoto

Monday November 23

Jim Riswold

Augen (DeSoto Bldg) Art People and a Cow is Jim Riswold’s affectionate skewering of the art world’s sacred cows. The artist presents Roy Lichtenstein as a yellow dot dressed in a suit and tie. He mocks Damien Hirst’s dissected formaldehydic cows by photographing a mold of Hirst’s face filled with hamburger. The piece’s title: Hirst Tartare. Riswold has always had fun with titles—who can forget his photo of a Ku Klux Klansman posing by a cross, titled Jesus Loves White People? But this outing, in addition to his witty titles, he has gilded the lily by over-explaining his in-jokes via explanatory texts, which accompany each title. A former marketing guru for Wieden & Kennedy, Riswold has a marketer’s gift for glib prose, but in this case, he should have trusted the viewer and let the images speak for themselves.  716 NW Davis St., 224-8182. Closes Nov. 28.

Tuesday November 24

Jim Riswold

Augen (DeSoto Bldg) Art People and a Cow is Jim Riswold’s affectionate skewering of the art world’s sacred cows. The artist presents Roy Lichtenstein as a yellow dot dressed in a suit and tie. He mocks Damien Hirst’s dissected formaldehydic cows by photographing a mold of Hirst’s face filled with hamburger. The piece’s title: Hirst Tartare. Riswold has always had fun with titles—who can forget his photo of a Ku Klux Klansman posing by a cross, titled Jesus Loves White People? But this outing, in addition to his witty titles, he has gilded the lily by over-explaining his in-jokes via explanatory texts, which accompany each title. A former marketing guru for Wieden & Kennedy, Riswold has a marketer’s gift for glib prose, but in this case, he should have trusted the viewer and let the images speak for themselves.  716 NW Davis St., 224-8182. Closes Nov. 28.