“I’m definitely playing with the juxtaposition of art and garbage,” says artist Jeff Gillette of his upcoming exhibit at Gregorio Escalante gallery. “As a pessimist observing what’s happening in the world right now, I’m posing questions, ‘What is any of this worth?’ and ‘How do we choose what and how we ascribe worth to things?’ A few others of us are asking those questions, too, Jeff.
Born in Detroit in 1959, Jeff Gillette likes to go slumming …
Total Dismay | Gregorio Escalante Gallery | opens May 27