fractured witness
By david cohen
Martha Rosler Point and Shoot 2008
Photomontage. 30 by 40 inches
Courtesy Mitchell-Innes & Nash
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In Martha Rosler’s montages, which had been on display at Mitchell-Innes & Nash through October 11, there is also a strident opposition of figure and ground, but with no space left for doubt as to the remoteness of the one from the other, or the artist’s feelings about that remoteness. Her images are stark, shrill juxtapositions of the privileges of First World peace and the deprivations of a Third World at war.
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Exhibitions under review
Susanna Coffey: SInce 2001
at the New York Studio School
November 6 to December 20, 2008
Martha Rosler: Great Powers
at Mitchell-Innes & Nash
September 6 to October 11, 2008
Eyal Danieli: in the mood for love
at Elizabeth Harris Gallery
October 10 to November 8, 2008
Alexey Kallima: Chechen Women's Team of Parachute Jumping and its Virtual Fans
at Lehmann Maupin
September 4 to October 18, 2008
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