223-225 West 10th Street – New York, New York
February 21, 2015 – April 04, 2015
A Game of Tarot is composed of a full deck of delicate, hand-painted tarot cards. During the course of this exhibition, Millet-Sorsa will show a few cards at a time, switching them out every other day for a new reading, to display all 78 cards over six weeks. Drawing on tarot’s use during the Italian Renaissance, Millet- Sorsa has invented her own pictorial language to portray the original suits of the tarot deck to reflect the society we live in today: blood as a weapon of war, network as power, water as wealth, while the heart remains the same. Examining these pillars of society on a macro, global level, A Game of Tarot then abstracts the imagery relating to each suit and figures of the deck. For instance, in her attempt to find the equivalent of the knight today, Millet-Sorsa concluded, in the aftermath of Charlie Hebdo’s tragic events, that the pencil, or the expression of the individual, is the knight. The pen emerges as a weapon instead of the historically depicted sword or spade. Here, A Game of Tarot is continuously in flux, inviting viewers to contemplate the structure and cardinal virtues of our modern day, global society.
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The West 10th Street Window is curated by Natalie Diaz and Jennie Lamensdorf and is sponsored by the Time Equities Inc. (TEI) Art-in-Buildings Program. TEI is committed to enriching the experience of our properties through the Art-in-Buildings Program, an innovative approach that brings contemporary art by emerging and mid-career artists to non-traditional exhibition spaces in the interest of promoting artists, expanding the audience for art, and creating a more interesting environment for our building occupants, residents, and their guests.
