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Brian Jungen’s Adaptive Re-use at the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.

The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) consistently embeds its exhibitions in the reality of contemporary Native Americans’ lives but until now it hasn’t been a place to find contemporary art exhibitions.  Brian Jungen; Strange Comfort, on view at NMAI through Aug.  8, 2010, is a spectacular start.  Jungen’s recycling everyday objects manages to delight and discomfort at the same time as it provides critiques of everything from stereotypes of Native Americans, the culture of celebrity, the global economy of cheaply-manufactured goods and  the tourist economy to the narrow vision of the art world.