tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466314672723988836.post4620504567074644370..comments2023-09-30T00:43:13.890-07:00Comments on The Current Season: There and Everywhere - the Here and Elsewhere Exhibit at the New Museummoderatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07653277482083573538noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466314672723988836.post-66002656594028035432014-09-22T20:09:19.979-07:002014-09-22T20:09:19.979-07:00You are definitely right about the whirlwind of pi...You are definitely right about the whirlwind of pieces on four floors!<br /><br />What I experienced was the opposite of the New Museum's intentions. I didn't read the media explanations too thoroughly so I can only speak from my impressions. It seemed to me that the curatorial objective was to be inclusive as to show what the major middle eastern artists are responding to. I liked to see the variety of artists and mediums but I'm afraid that I left the museum with a generalized and reinforced feeling that all is not well in the Middle East. I have fleeting images of the video by Wael Shawky and a couple other projects but I feel that essential details about issues being addressed become overshadowed by the multitude of works. Conflicted countries blend into each other and the many many stories told (provocative and breathtaking at times) loose their immediacy in my memory.....<br /><br /> It also seemed like many of the artists were creating work for English speaking audiences, which I am not quite sure how I feel about that. That said, I like how you tied the cinema verite style into your review and picked great examples to boot. Let me ask you this: how do you feel about the constructed nature of the films you selected? Dan Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15140963871624306143noreply@blogger.com