Arthur Jafa explores complexities of Black American life in new exhibition
As cultural institutions across the country face growing pressure to avoid issues of race, a major new exhibition is confronting them head-on. The work of artist Arthur Jafa spans two floors of New York's New Museum in his largest exhibition to date. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown met with Jafa for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
An exhibition showcasing works by pioneering American artist Lynn Hershman Leeson will open on Wednesday at the Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), marking her first solo exhibition in Asia. The exhibition, titled "Lynn Hershman Leeson: First Person Plural," will feature approximately 200 pieces of her work, encompassing painting, photography, sculpture, and media installation, according to SeMA.
Lynn Hershman Leeson, born in 1941, is renowned for her experimentation with cutting-edge technologies such as video, the internet, artificial intelligence (AI), and genetic engineering, transforming them into artistic expressions. In the 1970s, she embarked on a multi-year performance art project where she lived as Roberta Breitmore, a fictional alter ego she had created.
During the 1980s, she presented the interactive work "Lorna," allowing viewers to engage with the artwork using a remote control to influence the narrative. The SeMA exhibition will be divided into six sections, offering visitors a chance to delve into how individual identities can expand through social connections, interconnectedness via media and networks, and biological changes.
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