Damn Nation, a collection of relief prints by Curtis Readel, explores the
tensions and attitudes regarding our current economic state through
manipulated images. In his first exhibition at Packer Schopf Gallery,
Readel's recent work addresses themes and ideas of history, deteriorated
morality, and apocalyptic premonitions. Appropriating the monuments
found on U.S. currency, their now crumbled edifices expose fragility, the
future these structures face and how short-lived empires can be. Reflecting
issues of self-indulgence, corruption, and societal downfall, these
metaphors signify that nothing is permanent.