Hyperallergic sat down with Edgar Heap of Birds to discuss his current exhibition at MoMA PS1.
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Simone Fattal Sculpts Poetry from Chaos
The Lebanese artist’s first US retrospective reveals a haunting mythology of lands in ruins and new beginnings.
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Over 75 Record Labels Will Participate in MoMA PS1’s Music Festival
The festival will feature live performances, film workshops, and panels celebrating a variety of music communities.
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James Turrell Indefinitely Closes MoMA PS1 Skyspace
After reports of an intruding luxury condo development, the artist requested that the museum close the work until the project’s construction scaffolding is no longer visible.
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James Turrell’s Famous MoMA PS1 Skyspace Interrupted by Neighboring Luxury Condo Development
In the immortal words of Joni Mitchell, “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot massive skyscraper.”
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Unionized Art Installers and Maintenance Crew Protest Low Wages at MoMA PS1
Local 30 union members gathered at the entrance of MoMA PS1 in Queens after “strained” contract renegotiations. Workers say they are paid significantly less than their counterparts at MoMA in Manhattan.
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Giving Bruce Nauman a Makeover
Disappearing Acts finds a balance between the harmlessly nonsensical and the strangely aggressive parts of the artist’s body of work, thus creating a more palatable Bruce Nauman.
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A Preview of Printed Matter’s Annual NY Art Book Fair, Featuring 73 First-Time Exhibitors
This weekend, Printed Matter’s 13th annual New York Art Books Fair kicks off at MoMA PS1.
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Masks and Rural Life in Gauri Gill’s Art
Through paper mâché maskes made by traditional artists in west-central India, Gauri Gill creates a series of stunning photographs on display at MoMA PS1.
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Harnessing the Revelatory Power of Masks
For almost 20 years, Gauri Gill has documented the lives of nomads, peasants, tribals, migrants, and other marginalized communities of rural India.
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The Everyday Politics of Conceptual Art
While Michael E. Smith’s sculptures and installations draw on conceptual art, his practice centers on the objects he uses, and the messy details of life.
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A Performance Imagines the Vagina as a “Third Ear”
Visitors will be invited to sit on chairs and experience the humming sounds that vaginas hear.