Overtime: The Art of Work.(exhibition at Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York)

Chaffee's masterful dramaturgy and exhibition design produced a framework of repetition and difference-a series of connections and juxtapositions that both expand traditional definitions of "work" and call attention to the variety of contexts and media that artists have used to explor...

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Published in:Afterimage 2015-11, Vol.43 (3), p.27-29
Main Author: Sarlin, Paige
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
18th century
Art galleries & museums
Artists
Contemporary problems
Exhibitions
Familiarity
Installations (Art)
Investigations
Labor
Monotony
Overtime
Sanitation
Video art
Violence
Workers
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Summary:Chaffee's masterful dramaturgy and exhibition design produced a framework of repetition and difference-a series of connections and juxtapositions that both expand traditional definitions of "work" and call attention to the variety of contexts and media that artists have used to explore the violence and necessity, tension and pride, monotony and familiarity that characterize work as it defines "human experience day in and day out. [...]as in the beginning of the exhibition, the artists included are occupied with investigating the category of work- their own labor and the labor of others-and finding ways to enable us to do the same.
ISSN:0300-7472
2578-8531