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2008 Exhibitions:

Dawn Cerny: We’re all going to die (except for you).

North Galleries

January 26, 2008 – April 27, 2008


Image 1 / 4: Dawn Cerny. Going to Die Shirt.

Image 2 / 4: Dawn Cerny. Slayer pees on Megadeth’s corpse.

Image 3 / 4: Dawn Cerny. Dawn Cerny: We’re all going to die (except for you).

Image 4 / 4: Dawn Cerny. Installation View - Dawn Cerny: We’re all going to die (except for you).

Dawn Cerny’s elaborate narrative installations of small drawings and works on paper contemplate present day social and political issues by focusing on parallel moments in history. Studying the Henry’s collection, Cerny has selected Victorian-era mourning garments and 19th-century landscape paintings to be installed alongside her own work. The ensemble provides an extended meditation on American attitudes toward death, trauma, and war past and present. The installation will include mourning jewelry, ephemera, and journals borrowed from a private collection and seven taxidermy owls from the UW’s Burke Museum.

Cerny will be working in the open studio format during the run of the exhibition. One gallery will be outfitted as a combination of waiting room, library, and studio space.

Curated by Associate Curator Sara Krajewski. Special thanks to Judy Sourakli, Curator of Collections at the Henry Art Gallery and Sandra Kroupa, Book Arts and Rare Book Curator, UW Libraries Special Collections
Dawn Cerny: We’re all going to die (except for you). was presented with generous support from ArtsFund and the Patrons of the Henry Art Gallery. In kind support provided by Anne Bradfield of Floressence Design.
Featured artists: Dawn Cerny
Image 1: Dawn Cerny. Going to Die Shirt. 2007. Ink on paper. 11 x 10 in. Courtesy of the artist
Image 2: Dawn Cerny. Slayer pees on Megadeth’s corpse. 2008. Ink on paper. 11 x 10 in. Courtesy of the artist
Image 3: Dawn Cerny. Dawn Cerny: We’re all going to die (except for you). Courtesy of the artist. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Richard Nicol
Image 4: Dawn Cerny. Installation View - Dawn Cerny: We’re all going to die (except for you). Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Richard Nicol

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