BLINDSNATCH - THIS IS BS!
FAKE! in LOS ANGELES CA, 2002 at POST Gallery
Snatch & Stiff Festival in NEW YORK NY, 2003 at CBGB OMFUG
fake band - anything and everything but music
with Tzanko Tchangov, Jeffrey Gardner, Kim Myers-Robertson, Heith Gay, Edina S. etc.
Press Release
November 10, 2002

FAKE!, a group exhibition curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa 
with participating artists: Barton Benes, David Henry Brown (aka Alex von Furstenberg), Ellen Harvey, Micol Hebron, Kim Keever, Adam Nankervis, Warren Neidich, Klaus Scheruebel, Nobi Shioya, Aaron Sheppard (with) Tzanko Tchangov, Jeffrey Gardner, Kim Myers-Robertson, Heith Gay, (feat.) John McLaughin, Mother Flawless Sabrina, Mistress Formika, G*Spot, Lui Antinous, Lisa Helfer, Shawn DeLeer
Exhibition Dates: November 15 - December 21, 2002
Regular Hours: Thursday - Saturday, 12:00 noon - 6:00 PM
Reception: Friday, November 15, 7:00 - 10:00 PM
POST is pleased to present the group exhibit FAKE! curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa.
The concepts of "fakery," which stands in opposition to "authenticity" oscillates between the poles of "fake authenticity" and "authentically fake," producing a gray field within which truth lays in shadow. But also one can argue whether truth is the central issue, especially when paradigms have shifted, for fakery encourages radical strategies of being, replete with ambiguities and a diminished emphasis on materiality. Certainly there have been exhibitions interrogating photographic authenticity and digitally tampering with the truth, but "FAKE!" takes a different stance and looks at the works of highly inventive artists tweaking the sham and the simulacrum in various media, underscoring the concept that things once taken for granted, no longer succeed. 
Aaron Sheppard and his group represent a failed Christian rock band that succumbed to "sex, drugs, and rock and rock" on the road in Europe, with a concocted elaborate live installation/video and music CD-signing happening reminiscent of a "Where Are They Now" clip, barely maintaining a fragile, veiled, and false celebrity.
images above from original 2002 website designed by Tzanko Tchangov and Aaron Sheppard