Inspired by the 90s rave scene,the artist has filled the Queens space with footage of sweaty nightclubs, trippy images and soundsystems blasting fart soundsIn 1988, or the British artist Mark Leckey spent the summer in Brighton. He was 24 and looking for work,but he found play – specifically at the front doorstep of the Zap nightclub, which essentially kicked off his art career. I literally walked into this rave where it was full of dry ice, and ” says Leckey on the phone from PS1,where he opened an exhibition on Sunday. “This guy just loomed out of the dry ice with this smiley face mask on. I thought, here we depart.” Related: How Mark Leckey became the artist of the YouTube generation | Charlotte Higgins Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com