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May 09, 2008
Don’t Ready to Die Anymore @ Meat Market Gallery
Solistalgia: a combination of the root words solacium (comfort) and algia (pain), best defined by its author as “…a form of homesickness one gets when one is still at home.” Citing the term and how his generation has nothing to hold onto, young artist Benjamin Jurgensen brings together everyday objects that are highly influenced by pop culture and mass media. In Don’t Ready to Die Anymore at Meat Market Gallery, Jurgensen presents a collection of…