Slog - Comments on Speaking of Dealing with the Issues http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/speaking_of_dealing_with_the_issues In a talk this afternoon at Cornish, art dealer Scott Lawrimore mentioned that the Henry Art Gallery has been steadily, but subtly, exploring political issues in its exhibitions over the last two years. He's right. The Henry has been doing a great job at this, peppering every rotation of exhibitions with at least one trenchant show. The war- and international-politics-related works of Walid Raad, Kader Attia, Kim Jones, An-My Le, and Dawn Cerny coalesce into a group show in the mind when you think back on them—Raad's technically degraded photographs from a violently degraded Beirut, Le's portraits of battle rehearsals... Copyright 2008 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:48:04 -0800 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:02:05 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elenchos To me the Crumb exhibit included a kind of a farewell to the boomer generation's awkward attempts to deal with race. Well, a chance to say farewell, or a reminder of what we will be perpetuating, depending on which way we choose to go.

Not to mention that generation's sexual problems. Or their perverse professional partner marriages...

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/speaking_of_dealing_with_the_issues#c1001045 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/speaking_of_dealing_with_the_issues#c1001045 Visual Art Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:56:43 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Mudman should be fucking murdered in front of billions.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/speaking_of_dealing_with_the_issues#c1001051 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/speaking_of_dealing_with_the_issues#c1001051 Visual Art Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:01:35 -0800 Comment by orangekrush um... so its all gonna go down like children of the corn?

]]> orangekrush http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/speaking_of_dealing_with_the_issues#c1001058 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/speaking_of_dealing_with_the_issues#c1001058 Visual Art Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:09:19 -0800 Comment by brett needs more miscarriage.

]]> brett http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/speaking_of_dealing_with_the_issues#c1001141 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/speaking_of_dealing_with_the_issues#c1001141 Visual Art Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:02:05 -0800