Nature and Nostalgia Merge in Assemblages Made from Vintage Boxes by David Cass
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"Niki de Saint Phalle. Journey from the assemblages to Naive Art." by #PalianShow
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This exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art is the first New York retrospective of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (b. 1940, citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation), an overdue but timely look at the work of a groundbreaking artist. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map brings together nearly five decades of Smith’s drawings, prints, paintings, and sculptures in the largest and most comprehensive showing of her career to date.
Smith’s work engages with contemporary modes of making, from her idiosyncratic adoption of abstraction to her reflections on American Pop art and neo-expressionism. These artistic traditions are incorporated and reimagined with concepts rooted in Smith’s own cultural practice, reflecting her belief that her “life’s work involves examining contemporary life in America and interpreting it through Native ideology.” Employing satire and humor, Smith’s art tells stories that flip commonly held conceptions of historical narratives and illuminate absurdities in the formation of dominant culture. Smith’s approach importantly blurs categories and questions why certain visual languages attain recognition, historical privilege, and value.
Across decades and mediums, Smith has deployed and reappropriated ideas of mapping, history, and environmentalism while incorporating personal and collective memories. The retrospective will offer new frameworks in which to consider contemporary Native American art and show how Smith has led and initiated some of the most pressing dialogues around land, racism, and cultural preservation—issues at the forefront of contemporary life and art today.
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"Decorated Bliss" 2022, 27"x48"
Acrylic, Soft Pastel, Spray Paint, and Hand-Painted Wood Beads on Reclaimed Wood
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ANT and the philosophy of social science
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What does Actor-Network Theory have to add to the kinds of issues in the foundations of the social sciences that are of interest here?
ANT is primarily associated with Bruno Latour (Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory, Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts), John Law, and Manuel DeLanda (A New Philosophy of Society: Assemblage Theory and Social…
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Anatomical Details Emerge From Found Coral and Shells in Gregory Halili’s Intricate Sculptures
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Chiaki Shuji — Iconic Doll "Heartbeat" (copperplate engraving, wood, clay, drawing, fabric, 2020)
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potential symptoms of incurable nonagesimitus include waking up in a strange new body and potential loss of thumbs
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Rosalie Gascoigne [New Zealand +
Australia] (1917–99) ~ ‘Ledger’, 1992.
Split soft drink crates
on plywood (81 x 43 cm).
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