Artblog contributor Andrea Kirsh sings great praise for the new ‘Senga Nengudi: Topologies’ exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (on view through July 25, 2021)! Andrea says the exhibition is outstanding in its approachability and Art Historical significance.
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Read MoreAnd perhaps this last is one of the most significant points the exhibition makes: despite an international interest in the commercial vernacular and the visual impact of the media, the works in the exhibition can only be truly understood within the cultures that produced them. This leaves serious viewers with the realization that the information in many of the introductory labels is insufficient background for a real understanding of the art and how it functioned in its native territory.
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