--- title: "206 - Fire, Gatson 2/19-3/25 2000" date: 2017-08-22T11:29:00-04:00 author: Graham Murray canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/206-fire-gatson-2-19-3-25-2000" 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/) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) Fire [Rico Gatson](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/rico-gatson) Feb 18 – Mar 24, 2000 ![Gatson Untitled Fire 2000 1 Hero](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/Gatson-Untitled-Fire-2000_1-hero.jpg) Rico Gatson Untitled (Fire), 2000 (detail) Description Rico Gatson will exhibit recent video and sculpture in his first one-person show at the Feldman Gallery. In this series, which focuses on the Ku Klux Klan, Gatson continues his exploration of complex issues pertaining to identity and race. Playfully using stereotypes, the artist creates visual metaphors to convey the disparity between Klan membership, ordinary people drawn from the mainstream community, and its violent aim. Gatson compresses the horrific and the comic into multi-layered symbols, identifying the power of symbols within the political sphere. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Release ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/Gatson/2000/Gatson-Fire.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/redirect.svg) View Artist ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/rico-gatson) ![Gatson Flaming Hoods 2000 1](/assets/exhibition_images/Gatson-Flaming-Hoods-2000_1.JPG) Rico Gatson Flaming Hoods, 2000 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Gatson Flaming Hoods 2000 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Flaming Hoods, 2000 ![Gatson Fenced In 1999 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Fenced In, 1999 ![Gatson Fenced In 1999 1 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Fenced In, 1999 ![Gatson Fiery Cross 2 2000 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Fiery Cross 2, 2000 ![Gatson Hearth 2000 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Hearth, 2000 ![Gatson House Left 2000 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson House (Left), 2000 ![Gatson House Untitled Fire 2000 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson House, Untitled (Fire), 2000 ![Gatson Klandle 1999 Detail 1 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Klandle, 1999 (detail) ![Gatson Shelves With Klandles 2000 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Shelves with Klandles, 2000 ![Gatson White Klandles From Hearth 2000 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson White Klandles from Hearth, 2000 (detail) ![Gatson Invisible Visible 1999 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Invisible Visible, 1999 ![Gatson Fire Installation View 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Rico Gatson Fire (Installation view) Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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