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CALLING BEAUTY February 17-April 10, 2010 ---------------------------------------------- Curated by James Voorhies As a companion exhibition to Descent to Revolution, Calling Beauty returns the gallery as site for primary engagement with art. Within the fitting arena of a gallery context, aesthetics as a system of social constructs is addressed by bringing together a collection of works of art that fall within the realm of what is widely considered "beautiful." In this selection, the exhibition explores issues of taste, judgement and perception. What makes a great work of art? Who determines it? What is beauty's role in our life? Drawing on criticisms by writers, artists, and philosophers, the exhibition examines how shifting determinants of the beautiful in contemporary art is a condition of the cultural apparatus that calls it beauty. Publication will accompany exhibition. ---------------------------------------------- |
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