Garrett Bradley explores how images help shape our view of the world. She is particularly interested in the ways America is represented through visual culture. Spanning narrative, documentary, and experimental forms of filmmaking, this exhibition reflects the artist’s turn towards abstraction and the increasingly sculptural nature of her work. The artist invites us to take a step back and consider the following question: what are we actually looking at? In doing so, she makes the viewer aware of the pitfalls of representation and unpacks the mechanisms that influence how we perceive ourselves and others.

The exhibition Revolutions takes its title from the various forms of revolution present in Garrett Bradley’s work. A revolution can refer to a political shift in power, but also to a cycle, like the Earth rotating on its axis as the days pass. Bradley’s work reveals the revolutionary potential of the everyday – the change that small acts of resistance can bring about. Garrett Bradley – Revolutions is organised by Eye Filmmuseum is close collaboration with Rebecca Matalon, Senior Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.

Bregtje van der Haak, Director Eye Filmmuseum: “Garrett Bradley creates courageous, visually compelling work, which takes on themes such as racism and exclusion with exceptional energy. Her work takes shape through a blend of diverse and archival media. Her (documentary) films and installations refer to topics including the history of American citizens, the struggle for social justice and the political history of the United States, and make in-depth explorations of human emotions such as rage and sorrow.”