Galerie Quynh is pleased to present The Propeller Group’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. Entitled ‘Static Friction’, the exhibition will consist entirely of new works including sculpture, drawing, video, and mixed media collages revolving around motorbike culture.

‘Static Friction’ …

If you are in Ho Chi Minh City this month, check out The Propeller Group’s latest show entitled Static Friction: Burning Rubber, located at San Art, 3 Me Linh street, district Binh Thanh, HCMC, Vietnam. March 30 – April 20, 2012.

“In this sculptural video installation, we witness a rider pushing the technological system beneath him to create a series of gestural marks in rubber on the ground. By refusing the ‘stop’ of a brake, by pushing its engine to its limit, we witness a mechanical system producing a mark, a ‘burn-out’ that is permanent — not dissimilar to the way social systems of control are being tested to new limits, to produce new forms of expression across the world that leave lasting effect.”

For installation images and more information, check out The Propeller Group’s project page here: Burning Rubber

The Propeller Group has been invited to participate in Los Angeles’ first Biennial opening June 3rd and is being organized jointly by the Hammer Museum and LAXART.

“The roster of emerging and under-recognized L.A. artists for the inaugural Hammer/LAX Art biennial has been released, along with an announcement of a $100,000 prize to be awarded to one participant. Liz Glynn, Analia Saban and Henry Taylor are among the 60 artists tapped for the show…

The Ungovernables show at the New Museum, featuring The Propeller Group’s work Television Commercial For Communism, gets some love from Artinfo.

There is also an interesting article comparing the show with the up and coming Whitney Biennial…

Sized slightly larger than human-scale.…