William Feeney

Repetition Does Not Transform a Lie into the Truth

2007

William Feeney turns assembly techniques and themes associated with the building trades towards self-reflective and conceptual ends. His sharp, humorously satirical artworks, such as Repetition Does Not Transform a Lie into the Truth (2007), play with the fetishes, fears, and aspirations of the North American male. For William Feeney, aphorisms, puns, play on words, and jokes are often the starting point that determines the materials and construction of objects that—through their linguistic suggestiveness—overcome the easy wit of the one-liner to give paradoxical observations on family and home, technological progress, and popular sports.