Installation/Mixed Media

The Gates:

The Gates that are located in New York City are inspired by the Japanese torii gates, usually made as the entrance to Shinto shrines. Successful Japanese businessmen traditionally purchased a gate in gratitude to Inari, the god of worldly prosperity.

A Book from the Sky:

Xu Bing's A book from the Sky was first shown in Beijing's China Art Gallery in 1988. Xu spent years using the traditional Chinese block printing methods to create the words for his exhibit. Each block had a unique but meaningless symbol imprinted on it.

Trade:

As a response to the Christopher Columbus celebration, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith created this piece to illustrate the troubles between the Native Americans and the United States government. It depicts the belief that the Native Americans were lured off of their land with inexpensive trading goods.

En la barbaria no se llora:

"In 'No Crying Allowed in the Barber Shop,' it’s not so much about beauty but the contradictions of beauty. It’s an installation that you’re allowed to come into so that you’re surrounded by its seduction. But it’s also about the contradiction of male and female...the balance that it exist within the male and the female in all of us. It’s contradictory because when you come in, you expect to see a joyous celebration, but you also see a lot of men crying in the presence of a general public."
- Pepón Osorio

Electronic Superhighway:

In United Stated in 1964, the highway system was only 9 years old. The huge size of this exibit shows the scale America has on its vistors, like the expierence the artist, Paik, had when he came here. The different colors represents each states individuality and culture.

The Crossing:

The Crossing reveals the cycles of life through the universal symbols of fire and water. This work is shows Viola’s ability to convey extraordinary complexity with simple action and expert use of scale and sound.

Darkytown Rebellion:

Occupying 37 feet wide corner of a gallery, shows a burtal subject of beating characters. The lighting in the background resembles a 1960s psychedelic feel. Walker is a well-rounded multimedia artist, having begun her career in painting and expanded into film as well as works on paper.

The Swing:

The Swing is an 18th century oil painting done by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. It is known to be one of the masterpieces of the rococo era, and is also Fragonard's best known work. This painting became the target of the enlightenment because of its frivolous ideals.

Preying Mantra:

Wangechi Mutu liked to re-imagine culture through gender, sexuality, and even cultural identity. This piece gets its ideals from Hybridity and female subjectivity. A tree envelopes the female figure reinforcing links between history and fiction.

Shibboleth:

Shibboleth was a temporary installation located in the Tate Modern during 2007. It was suppossed to give the feel that the foreain mmagration people have when they try to cross the border. Tate Director, Sir Nicholas Serota stated, "There is a crack, there is a line, and eventually there will be a scar. It will remain as a memory of the work and also as a memorial to the issues Doris touches on."