Doreen Garner and Kenya (Robinson)

Doreen Garner and Kenya (Robinson) PIONEER WORKS. Doreen Garner and Kenya (Robinson) offered a challenge to deep-seated legacies of revered white men in America with their exhibition "White Man on a Pedestal." After collaborating for two years, the artists put together eight new sculptures...

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Published in:Artforum international 2018-02, Vol.56 (6), p.193-194
Main Author: Thill, Vanessa
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
21st century
Art exhibits
Beads and beading
Collaboration
Garner, Doreen
Installation art
Robinson, Kenya
Sculpture
Trump, Donald J
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Summary:Doreen Garner and Kenya (Robinson) PIONEER WORKS. Doreen Garner and Kenya (Robinson) offered a challenge to deep-seated legacies of revered white men in America with their exhibition "White Man on a Pedestal." After collaborating for two years, the artists put together eight new sculptures and installations (all works 2017) at the largest scale of either of their careers to date. As stories of sexual misconduct and harassment proliferate against the white supremacist backdrop of Donald Trump's presidency, it has become clear that white men won't descend from their pedestals willingly. A dozen silicone sculptures dangle in Garner's Rack of Those Ravaged and Unconsenting, suspended by meat hooks from an eight-foot-square metal frame. Brown body parts such as hands and breasts are identifiable among fleshy mounds, sutured and stapled together, and splitting open to reveal a riot of deftly manipulated beads and pearls. Accompanying the piece was a red velvet vitrine of real gynecological tools.
ISSN:1086-7058