BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn Presents ACCENTED at BRIC Rotunda Gallery
January 25, 2010
Lori Ledis Emerging Curator Fellow Curates Exhibition About Accents in Contemporary Culture.
Brooklyn, NY – BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is pleased to present ACCENTED, a group exhibition curated by Murtaza Vali, the winter 2010 recipient of the Lori Ledis Curatorial Fellowship, a program that fosters emerging curatorial talent in the field of contemporary art. ACCENTED is on view from January 20 through March 6, 2010.
Despite the grand claims that globalization has expedited a gradual process of cultural homogeneity, the works in this exhibition suggest that accents endure as unassimilable markers of difference. They might fade slightly but they rarely disappear completely. They resist, remaining stubbornly present, forcing us to adapt ourselves to their alterity.
ACCENTED brings together recent work that examines the different ways in which accents operate in our contemporary moment, featuring artists Kamrooz Aram, Brendan Fernandes, Miguel Luciano, Yamini Nayar, Angel Nevarez and Valerie Tevere.
Murtaza Vali is a Brooklyn- and Sharjah-based art critic and historian. A contributing editor at ArtAsiaPacific, he co-edited the 2007 and 2008 editions of its year-end Almanac. His writing has also appeared in Art India, ArtReview and Bidoun and he has recently written catalog essays on Reena Saini Kallat and Emily Jacir.
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