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...interplay between the individual and society, between self-definition and collective identity, and between cultural standards and human norms has long intrigued social scientists and philosophers. Three new exhibits at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) showcase artists’ attempts to make sense of the distinction between what is personal, what is cultural and what is universal...
...final exhibit, featuring the work of 2000 ICA Artist Prize winner, Laylah Ali, is slightly more obscure and ambiguous in its aims. Drawings of cartoonish, round-headed figures aptly called “Greenheads” depic confrontational situations that appear slightly amusing until closely inspected. The figures, which seem alien-like at first glance due to their green heads, soon come to resemble human beings in compromising positions. Morbid scenes of violence show lynchings, detached limbs, captivity and fear. Ali’s fine-grained gouache techniques allow her to emphasize disturbing minute details, like Confederate flags...
...Customized: Art Inspired by Hot Rods, Lowriders & American Car Culture is on display at the ICA, 955 Boylston St., Boston, through Dec. 31. For more information, call...
CUSTOMIZED: ART INSPIRED BY HOT RODS, LOWRIDERS & AMERICAN CAR CULTURE opens at the ICA, 955 Boylston St., on Oct. 25. Vroom. For more information, call...
...From a Distance: Approaching Landscape is on display at the ICA, 955 Boylston St., Boston, through Oct. 8. To get there, take the Green Line to Hynes/ICA...