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Primitivism And The Issue Of Refugees |
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NEW YORK CITY.- A dark gallery is filled with what look to be life-sized, primitive votive figures that might come from Africa or the Caribbean, paired with a flashing psychedelic projection on the wall. The overall effect is quite engaging. Another primitivist projection is Stephen Dean's roiling, color-saturated video of an ecstatic crowd in the middle of a ritual at Uttar Pradesh, a tape that is a great 21st-century update of Carolee Schneemann's pioneering Meat Joy. Other standouts include Chan Chao's color photo-portraits of stoic refugees at the Burmese border, paired with his terse comments, which are the kind of photojournalism that brings geopolitical issues down to an intensely personal level. More cuttingly, John Leaños fills a gallery with fictive archeological artifacts, lightbox photos and drawings tracing the supposed castration rituals -- including the conceit of truncated phallic monoliths.
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Today's News
July 5, 2024
The wide, wide world of Judy Chicago
Audrey Flack, creator of vibrant photorealist art, dies at 93
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen opens a new presentation of its collection
'Mapping the 60s. Art Histories from the mumok Collections' opens in Vienna
Salvador Dalí's iconic Mae West Lips Sofa goes on display at NGV International
San Francisco's arts institutions are slowly building back
The Beatles and the Beach Boys lead Heritage's Music Memorabilia & Concert Posters Auction
The man behind the Minions
Solo exhibition of new work by Lorna Robertson on view at Alison Jacques
Kröller-Müller Museum restores '56 Barrels' by Christo
parrasch heijnen's first solo exhibition with Nabilah Nordin to open in Los Angeles
One of comicdom's most (in)famous covers, 'Black Cat Mystery' No. 50, scares up a record $840,000 at Heritage Auctions
How a patriotic painting became the Internet's soap box
The Phillips Collection presents 'Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage'
On the Jersey Shore, there's a flag for everything
Ben Hunter and Offer Waterman announce co-representation of Tess Jaray
Paul Theroux on necessary solitude, risks and the joy of writing
Rob Stone, master marketer of hip-hop, is dead at 55
Niclas Larsson is ready to shoot more close-ups
Chinese coins celebrating scientific inventions lead Heritage's $8.4 million HKINF World & Ancient Coins Auction
Paul Smith's Foundation announces inaugural Director
The Dutch LAM museum adds flavour to art viewing experiences
Casino Luxembourg presents 'My Last Will', a project by M+M
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