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Denial. Everyone is Crazy Except For Me. Edition Size: 40. 12 x 12 x 2 inch Aerosol on Cradled Wood Box. $75. Denial is back for his 5th release on 1xRUN. This release is part of his solo exhibition at 323East Gallery that opened on October 8th, entitled Accept Denial. He's put together an entirely new collection of over 40 new works for the show. The pieces - done in mediums ranging from video installation to 3-dimensional sculptural "provocations" - are all new. The theme of the show, however, is not new - it is an evolved one. How does one maintain a sense of identity in a society that is slowly being suffocated by an animus of pure commercialism? Indeed, is there even a need for personal identity when nearly every facet of a person's existence is shaped by his or her role as a consumer. Notable exceptions around the globe notwithstanding, man has never been so free as he presumably is now. However, this liberty and self-awareness is practically a dead issue - you cannot "buy" with a creed and character is not a thing taken into account by a credit rating. The dystopian visionaries who predicted all this (the ones still living anyway) are probably smiling now - albeit sadly. And like this eminently skilled and (may we use the word?) angry artist, they probably appreciate the call to action that is coded within the show.