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AMOA’s shows rejoice over blurred lines between interested corporate marketing and disinterested beauty
Nikki Moore
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Arthouse’s exhibition “The Sirens’ Song” is seductive, luring viewers with artworks that hint at storylines and inviting them to make plot from paint
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The overall effect of “The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene, 1974-1984” is almost patriotic, showing an appreciation of the radical thought and freedom of action that made the U.S. the young revolutionary in that time
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“Abstract Expressionism, 1940s-1960s” is at once a stand-alone illustration of a pivotal time in American art and a prelude to the continued explosions of radical artistic energy that marked New York throughout the 20th century
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Volitant Gallery’s exhibition “Take Me to Bed or Lose Me Forever,” which both employs and questions many of love’s clichés to reflect on our experience of the emotion, is a smile and a good laugh
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Arthouse’s EVR: e-flux video rental offers a chance not only to see some very interesting, hard-to-find pieces of film and video art, but also to participate in a study of our own patterns of communication
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Beverly Penn’s sculptures of weeds in bronze, brass, steel, and nickel are not only stunningly beautiful, they also help us redefine the nature vs. technology dichotomy
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Review: Testsite 06.5: I Want to See My Skirt
Inspired by 1960s images of a Nigerian girl, filmmaker Cauleen Smith and poet A. Van Jordan create a beautiful Testsite collaboration that imagines her journey to womanhood but also reveals how we see ourselves
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William Kentridge’s film ‘Weighing … and Wanting’ re-examines the biblical tale of Belshazzar in post-apartheid South Africa