In Hyper Effigy, Getnick forwards caricature as a magical language; a grammar of soldiers, trolls, terrorists and skeletons, equipped to dislodge propagandistic representations of the other from their historical ideological functions.




Hyper Effigy is an exhibition catalog from Brian Getnick's show Hyper Effigy at General Projects in Los Angeles, CA from April 3 to May 30, 3021; including an introduction by editor and publisher of Insert Blanc Press, Mathew Timmons, and an essay by Grace Hadland. Cover Design by Dameon Waggoner. Photographic Documentation by David Weldzius. Stills from the performance of Secret Joy at Human Resources Los Angeles 2019 by Julie Weitz and Ian Byers Gamber.