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Rist and Dumas: sex and the second sex at MoMA

Giant green strawberries float down in Pipilotti Rist video installation, Pour Your Body Out If your idea of sex is gorgeous and transcendent, there’s a show at MoMA for you. And if your idea of sex is prurient and the body’s animal qualities trouble you, there’s another show for you, also at MoMA. And the top miracle of all–both these shows are by women, Swiss video artist Pipilotti Rist and South African artist Marlene Dumas. Pairing them in our heads, the two shows gave us plenty to enjoy and react to. Pipilotti Rist People lounging in the atrium in the ... More » »

Beneath the skin at Moore College

Judy Gelles’ video interviews about age, that show only the subjects’ mouths Perhaps I was in the perfect frame of mind for taking a good look at what two Philadelphia artists are showing at Moore College, in tandem with a group show that includes a large number of internationally known artists. The two artists are in Encapsulated Time: Age, Image and Rock ‘n Roll in the Levy Gallery at Moore. The two couldn’t be more different from each other. One of the artists is Judy Gelles, who’s from my age group and is well established in photography and video. She ... More » »