Roadworks : Performance Festival and Exhibition

Wednesday July 31
Larry Krone As a performer (and as a fan), I am aware of the power and responsibility of the person onstage to not only entertain, but also to create a believable and likeable character that the audience can invest in and root for. In my performance work, the character I develop and present-the role I play-is myself. I wear silly costumes. I play a dinky ukelele. I mess up a lot. I sing sad, sad songs. I may seem vulnerable and exposed, but in fact, I am the one in control. Within this silly framework, I choose what to reveal and what to hide in order to sculpt an image of me for the audience. The good news is I'm not into irony, so even though the audience might be susceptible to my manipulations, I end up giving the truth anyway. (Mostly.) Really what I want is to have some fun, have a voice, and make people feel good. Larry Krone July, 2002
		soundCheck Larry Krone Whitney Performance, 2002
BIOGRAPHY Larry Krone has performed at the Whitney Museum of American Art, P.S. 122 , Mark Pasek Gallery, and the New Museum for Contemporary Art (New York); the Anza Club in conjunction with the Or Gallery (Vancouver); and The Forum for Contemporary Art and Blueberry Hill (St. Louis). He has had solo exhibitions at William Shearburn Fine Art and The Forum for Contemporary Art (St. Louis); Mark Pasek Gallery and Lombard Freid Fine Art (New York); and Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery (Berlin). He has been in group shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, and The Drawing Center (New York); the Or Gallery (Vancouver); and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago). Larry Krone lives and works in New York City.