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Opens Tomorrow, Mar 1, 6-8p:

”US AGAINST THEM: The War Between The Classes”
 Michael Scoggins

Freight + Volume, 530 W24th St., NYC

Us Against Them (Scoggins’ first solo in NYC in five years) dives in and tackles current global issues of unrest and inequality, corporate greed and bailout, peacekeepers vs war crime perpetrators, giant banks vs the little guy. His pre-teen alter ego “Michael S.” again slews the Goliaths like a David with his mighty (albeit mistake-ridden) cursive and magic-markers. The lessons learned in grade school are nowhere more relevant than now: share the sandbox, play nice with others, be a real Patriot, whatever goes around comes around, etc. In works such as Art is A Weapon, Poor Little Drawing, and All American Family XVI (in front of the Guggenheim), Scoggins deftly skewers art world posturing and hype; in others, like The King is Dead (Long Live the King), and I Promise I’ll Be A Better Patriot, he calls into question our civil liberties and the abuse of same by the government administrations.