Carlo Ferraris's Conceptual Exhibition at LYNCH THAM Explores Identity and Urban Slogans

From April 15 to June 7, 2015, Carlo Ferraris presented an exhibition titled "I am no longer obsessed with winning" at LYNCH THAM, located at 175 Rivington Street in New York City. The show featured a diverse range of works including epigrammatic sculptures, subtle sound installations, three distinct short videos, and photographic pieces. One notable video from 2013 repurposed text from Times Square advertisements into a Hip Hop music video, with phrases like "Never trust a criminal until you have to" and "How can you explain the unexplainable?" seamlessly integrated. Another work, "Me and Millions of Me" (2014), is a digital print self-portrait that combines self-love with self-humiliation, depicting the artist with a dollop on his face. The exhibition included auto-phallocentric pieces such as an unwound electric cooking coil and a window installation with 35-mm transparencies of Ferraris fabricating a steel dildo. A sculpture titled "Going North East" (2015) featured a spinning tire with the word "chump" written as a rotational ambigram, referencing historical influences like Ed Ruscha. The mood varied from aggressive to playful, with elements like a video of bowling balls in a stairwell and a sound sculpture involving a drywall screw and an electronic keyboard. An audio installation included an a cappella rap that referenced a suspicious suitcase and clues about a knife and a message on Rivington Street, tying the gallery's context to the surrounding barrio area.