by Ellen von Unwerth
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
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The transgression does not deny the taboo but transcends it and completes it.
in 'Erotism, Death & Sensuality', by Georges Bataille
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
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Tomboy examines the degrees to which identity and gender influence meaning in the work of six contemporary queer women artists. From painterly gestures to performative acts, sculptural installations to digitally altered photographs, this exhibition explores the variety of approaches artists take in negotiating notions of identity. These works turn away from the essentialism of early feminist art and the specificity of “identity art,” and instead employ identity in intentionally ambiguous, mercurial, and peripheral ways. Tomboy delves into the murky spaces between the personal, the political, and the formal in order to ask viewers the question: “can and should what we know about an artist be separated from how we experience their work?”Participating Artists: Kelli Connell, Dana DeGiulio, Daphne Fitzpatrick, Mary George, Allison Halter, Leeza Meksin
Curated By: Betsy Odom
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The exhibition La Frontera: The Cultural Impact of Mexican Migration addresses the dynamics of the border itself as the choke point...«Also inextricably connected to illegal immigration in the U.S. public’s mind is the current drug trafficking and drug related violence and political breakdown in Mexico. Politicians in Arizona, including John McCain who previously courted the Hispanic vote for his presidential bid, rhetorically associate all Mexican migrants with drug traffic, kidnapping and gun violence. Former Mexican president Vicente Fox, in a recent New York Times interview, pointed out that the increasing number of criminal drug families and the gun violence in Mexico were both absolutely caused by the huge U.S. drug and weapons markets.»
Photo: © David Taylor, Pedestrian Fence Construction, NM, 2007
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Bosnian Girl (2003) by Šejla Kamerić - Sarajevo, July 2003
Graffiti written by an unknown Dutch soldier on a wall of the army barracks in Potocari, Srebrenica, 1994/95. Royal Netherlands Army troops, as part of the UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina 199295, were responsible for protecting the Srebrenica safe area.
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...transgression is not the same as a back-to-nature movement; it suspends a taboo without suppressing it.
in 'Erotism, Death & Sensuality', by Georges Bataille
Monday, 1 November 2010
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