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Art in Exile: Women Without Men

Date:
Apr 1 2003

For third world artists who are forced into exile, the creativity process could be greatly challenged due to displacement in language, community and history. Many filmmakers in exile tend to look at their connection to the homeland in strictly political…

Immigrant Movement International

Practitioner:
Tania Bruguera

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Immigrant Movement International (IM) is a community space in the heavily immigrant neighborhood of Corona, Queens. Founded in 2011 as a partnership between artist Tania Bruguera and the Queens Museum, with support from Creative Time, the project, inspired by Bruguera’s…

The Sugar Sphinx

Practitioner:
Kara Walker

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Over the past twenty-five years or so, ever since her spectacular New York début at the Drawing Center, in 1994, the now forty-four-year-old artist Kara Walker’s visual production—sculptures, cutouts, drawings, films—has been diaristic in tone. But the diary Walker keeps…

Tibetan Self-immolation Portraits

Practitioner:
Liu Yi

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Beijing-based artist Liu Yi is working on a series of black-and-white portraits he knows will never be shown in a Chinese gallery. His varied subjects — men and women, young and old, smiling and pensive — have one thing in…

What Kind of Man are You?

Practitioner:
aleXsandro Palombo

Date:
Apr 1 2003

In a dark nod to International Women’s Day, artist aleXsandro Palombo has turned to the world of cartoon characters to shed light on the horrors of domestic violence. His series, “No Violence Against Women,” transforms iconic animated women into victims…

Pandas on Tour

Practitioner:
Paulo Grangeon

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Grangeon’s long-running traveling exhibit, Pandas on Tour, features 1600 papier-mâché pandas. That’s approximately one for as many as there are left in the world (recent estimates actually place the number slightly below that, at 1596). Each papier-mâché sculpture represents a…

Inside Out Project

Practitioner:
JR

Date:
Apr 1 2003

JR called for the creation of a global art project – the Inside Out Project – inspired by his large‐format street “pastings.” The concept of the project is to give everyone the opportunity to share their portrait and a statement…

Procedure Room

Practitioner:
Nikita Kadan

Date:
Apr 1 2003

The project (created in 2009-2010) consists of painted plats and posters depicted with drawings of police torture scenes. Images also include snippets of email exchanges. The plates have been exhibited in numerous galleries in Ukraine, and posters were hung in…

Independence Square Sculpture: “New Ukraine”

Practitioner:
Roti

Date:
Apr 1 2003

French street artist Roti installed a 4-ton marble sculpture in Independence Square in Kiev Ukraine, as an expression of solidarity with government resistors and protestors. The sculpture depicts a woman’s body emerging from water. From Rojo & Harrington (Huffington post):…

Potatoe Walkout

Practitioner:
Peter Pink

Date:
Apr 1 2003

“Potatoe Walkout” is a series of art installations located outside public food venues, featuring potatoes and cucumbers outfitted in sunglasses, picket signs, umbrellas, and other objects (depending on the depicted scene, which varies). Some scenes represent protest, others represent army…

Cancer Baby’s Kimo Kawa House

Practitioner:
Lu Yang

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Lu Yang attempts to bring the negative notion of Cancer cell into a “Kimo Kawa” object of love and/or pain and hopes to open a dialogue that brings awareness to the acceptance and tolerance of living with cancer cells. Using…

Human Genitals Dinner

Practitioner:
Mao Sugiyama

Date:
Apr 1 2003

In a private Tokyo dinner party artist Mao Sugiyama served his genitals to five of the events guests. Several months prior to the event he chose to have his genitals surgically removed. He released invitations to the event on social…