--- title: "188 - American Dreams, K+M 10/18-11/15 1997" date: 2017-08-21T18:33:00-04:00 author: Graham Murray canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/188-american-dreams-k-m-10-18-11-15-1997" section: Exhibition --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) [Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/galleries/ronald-feldman-fine-arts/) 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) American Dreams [Komar & Melamid](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/komar-melamid) Oct 17 – Nov 14, 1997 ![Komar Melamid George Vladmir Isadora And Marcel 1996 97](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/6554/Komar-Melamid-George-Vladmir-Isadora-and-Marcel-1996-97.jpg) Komar & Melamid George, Vladmir, Isadora and Marcel, 1996-97 Description The American Dreams installation aims to create, in the Komar and Melamid socialist realism style, the "new cult of personality" of George Washington. The artists see history as a dream-like reality similar to the Halloween parade on Washington Square where real and not real heroes of different eras and nations superimpose to take on the same identity. According to Komar & Melamid, any image of a state leader is Pop Art. The installation includes paintings, sculpture, sketches, and collages with merging images of patriotic symbols of the former Soviet Union and the United States; the artists' collection of George Washington memorabilia; and sketches for The Naked Revolution, an opera with sets by Komar & Melamid, to premiere at the Kitchen in October. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Release ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/exhknm97_press.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/redirect.svg) View Artist ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/komar-melamid) ![Komar Melamid Air Superiority 1997](/assets/exhibition_images/Komar-Melamid-Air-Superiority-1997.JPG) Komar & Melamid Air Superiority, 1997 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Komar Melamid Air Superiority 1997]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Air Superiority, 1997 ![Komar Melamid George Vladmir Isadora And Marcel 1996 97]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid George Vladmir, Isadora and Marcel, 1996-1997 ![Komar Melamid The Wings Will Grow 1997]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid The Wings Will Grow, 1997 ![Komar Melamid Our Way Of Living 1996 97]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Our Way of Living, 1996-97 ![Komar Melamid Lenin In Washington Mask 1996 97]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid Lenin in Washington Mask, 1996-97 ![Komar Melamid George Washington As A Victor 1997]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid George Washington as a Victor, 1997 ![Komar Melamid George Washington Lives 1996 97Detail1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Komar & Melamid George Washington Lives, 1996-97 ![Km South Gallery Installation View 1997 A](/assets/exhibition_images/KM-South-Gallery-installation-view-1997_A.JPG) American Dreams, 1997 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Km South Gallery Installation View 1997 A]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) American Dreams, 1997 installation view ![Km North Gallery Installation View 1997 C]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) American Dreams, 1997 installation view ![Km South Gallery Installation View 1997 B]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) American Dreams, 1997 installation view ![Km North Gallery Installation View 1997 B]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) American Dreams, 1997 installation view ![Km South Gallery Installation View 1997 C]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) American Dreams, 1997 installation view ![Km South Gallery Installation View 1997 A](/assets/exhibition_images/KM-South-Gallery-installation-view-1997_A.JPG) ![Km North Gallery Installation View 1997 C](/assets/exhibition_images/KM-North-Gallery-installation-view-1997_C.JPG) ![Km South Gallery Installation View 1997 B](/assets/exhibition_images/KM-South-Gallery-installation-view-1997_B.JPG) ![Km North Gallery Installation View 1997 B](/assets/exhibition_images/Komar-Melamid/1997-American-Dreams/KM-North-Gallery-installation-view-1997_B.JPG) ![Km South Gallery Installation View 1997 C](/assets/exhibition_images/Komar-Melamid/1997-American-Dreams/KM-South-Gallery-installation-view-1997_C.JPG) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Km South Gallery Installation View 1997 A]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) American Dreams, 1997 installation view ![Km North Gallery Installation View 1997 C]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) American Dreams, 1997 installation view ![Km South Gallery Installation View 1997 B]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) American Dreams, 1997 installation view ![Km North Gallery Installation View 1997 B]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) American Dreams, 1997 installation view ![Km South Gallery Installation View 1997 C]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) American Dreams, 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