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The show is especially impressive considering what the curators are up against. First, there's the popular opinion that conceptual art, because of its emphasis on ideas over objects, on language over visuality on non-traditional over traditional forms of art, is therefore dry, academic and unintelligible. And then there...
However, with this emphasis on the local "points of origin" of conceptual art, the exhibit fails to exploit the perhaps larger benefits of a more thematic approach towards global conceptualism, one which would emphasize the common concerns of these artists, rather than their different local impetuses. Whether in South Korea...
Nonetheless, the show does its best to acknowledge these inconsistencies, in both the pervasive wall texts and in the emphasis on the interactivity of art (in the Miami version of the show, for instance, the curators set up games in each room and encouraged the viewers to play with them...
This side of the Atlantic, the extreme emphasis on singing seems anachronistic, but the Beautiful South's focus is clear. The band has three vocalists for the four instrumentalists, allowing for spectacular vocal range and clever bantering among singers. Still, there are signs of experimental distortion: spectacular songs like "Half...
While the new after-school program signals an emphasis on intellectual and cultural literacy for Dorchester youth, it may also mark the start of a more collaborative relationship between Gates and Rivers.