ART
ADAM PARKER SMITH, PARISIAN LAUNDRY
by Lori Callaghan
07.07.2009
Guns, antlers and NASCAR-numbered bongos: NYC artist Adam Parker Smith explores the human condition by drawing upon fantasy, folklore and reality. Parker Smith explains: “Through this combination, I establish psychological sites for disparate elements to congregate in environments that are simultaneously haunting, familiar and alien.” His installation explores the connections between and among sport, urbanity [...]
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ART
ROBERT POLIDORI, MUSÉE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN DE MONTRÉAL
by Lori Callaghan
11.06.2009
Robert Polidori has an eye for devastation. His current exhibition of 58 photographs at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal bears witness to the aftermath of civil unrest, natural disasters and man-made catastrophes. The visual impact of the rubble reverberates through the mind and illuminates social histories full of anguish, violence and neglect. The images [...]
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