Type A: Ten in One Gallery. (Reviews: New York).(Adam Ames and Andrew Bordwin)(Brief Article)

Type A, the collaborative team of New York artists Adam Ames and Andrew Bordwin, has been exploring various forms of male competition, often of the phallic sort, for nearly four years. A 1998 video, Urban Contests, featured a pee-off, while Prize, 2000, a Matthew Barney-esque installation of a pair of cast-resin athletic supporters, conjured locker-room discussions of penis size.

Their latest work continues to mine the one-on-one dynamic (homosocial rather than homosexual) but branches out a bit, exploring not just male behavior but what might be described as a masculine aesthetic. ...

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