Word: nikky
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Boston's Institute of Comtemporary Art ( ICA) is currently showcasing the "Projects" of New York photographer Nikki S. Lee. And if these "Projects" are any indication, Lee-hardly 30 years of age-will be producing rich, thought-provoking, and innovative work for many years to come. To some extent, it is misleading to talk about Lee as a photographer, since, strictly speaking, she didn't actually take any of the photographs featured in "Projects;" rather, Lee, who has extensive formal training in photography, (including a Masters degree from NYU,) plays the role of chameleon performance artist. She orchestrates and appears...
...this way, Lee achieves two biting critiques in one fell swoop-cutting at both the stereotyped and the stereotyper. We identify others and ourselves in purely visual terms. If Nikki Lee's "Projects" seems at first ridiculous, then, that's the whole point. They are ridiculous...
Others chose to forgo political discussions to concentrate on psychological healing. Nikki Boroni, a musician from Park Slope, Brooklyn, crouched on the Union Square steps in front of a sprawling series of messages, which passersby had scribbled on the ground with pastel sidewalk chalk...
...believe the article by Nikki B. Usher ’03, “Watching, not Making, History” (Opinion, April 24) gives the wrong impression of those protesting outside of Massachusetts Hall. Usher states she is conservative, yet is conflicted about not participating in PSLM’s protest on grounds that she may miss out on making history...
...shows that his mother knows how to choose wisely. The CDs are packed with his resonant, staccato rapping and poignant subject matter. Letter 2 My Unborn (Shakur left no children), eerie in its prescience about dying childless, is the sort of work that will nourish his mystique. Says poet Nikki Giovanni, who has studied Shakur extensively: "There's an old Nigerian proverb: You're not dead until you're forgotten." By that measure, Tupac lives...