Brightest Young Things

Jeffry Cudlin: BY REQUEST

June 25 - July 31, 2010

Opening reception: Friday, June 25, 6 - 8 p.m.



BY REQUEST is a subversive, humorous, and celebrity-obsessed show about the Washington, DC art world.



Seven D.C. power players - collectors, curators, and critics - were asked to fill out surveys to determine their ideal works of art. These surveys were turned over to seven different DC artists who pledged to deliver custom pieces.



There was one small catch: The show's ringmaster, Jeffry Cudlin, insisted that he be depicted in every work of art, thereby transforming himself into the show's biggest celebrity. The resulting outlandish images feature cross-dressing, a severed pig's head and a pair of fake latex breasts, courtesy of an FX makeup artist.