April 11, 2005 Aaron Williamson: Wild Boy 20. 04-29. 05 by Kenny Campbell In Wild Boy Aaron Williamson will inhabit the Gallery for a period of six weeks to enact the figure of Victor of Aveyron, a child found to be living in the wild in southern France at the end of the eighteenth century. Twelve-year old Victor was the subject of an early attempt at experimental psychology. Aaron Williamson’s approach as an artist is formed around a desire to deconstruct the behavioral norms and orthodoxies of society. Through often purposefully irrational, unusual or even anti-social behavior and action, performance can reveal how ideas of social rectitude are maintained. Aaron Williamson, Wild Boy 2005, commissioned by The Showroom 44 Bonner Road E2 9JS UK The Showroom