Visually arresting, Yinka Shonibare’s art plays imaginatively with stereotypes about race, class, culture, gender, and sexuality in order to deconstruct these concepts and show that they are “manufactured.” His re-creations include Diary of a Victorian Dandy, a suite of large photographs based on Hogarth’s The Rake’s Progress, in which he portrays the Victorian dandy; a
Out of Africa: A Conversation with El Anatsui
A “cloth” made by sewing thousands of recycled, crushed, and flattened liquor bottle tops. A 10-foot-tall installation of redundant newspaper printing plates used for obituary pages and re-used as sculptural material to comment on temporary— and disposable— human lives.
“Breaking the Mold”
New Brunswick, New Jersey “Breaking the Mold,” the first substantial…see the full review in July/August’s magazine.
Menashe Kadishman
Tel Aviv Menashe Kadishman’s huge retrospective is…see the full review in June’s magazine.
Dan Wollmering
Melbourne Though the sculpture of Dan Wollmering…see the full review in June’s magazine.
Gabriel Warren
Newport, Rhode Island All landscape is sculpted…see the full review in June’s magazine.
John McEwen
Toronto McEwen’s mini-narratives address universal intuited…see the full review in June’s magazine.
General Idea
Pittsburgh In 1969, AA Bronson, Felix Partz, and…see the full review in June’s magazine.
Jennifer Stillwell
New York Jennifer Stillwell’s show at Triple Candie…see the full review in June’s magazine.
Claes Oldenburg
New York Claes Oldenburg’s early work is notable for…see the full review in June’s magazine.
