americans in berlin, curated by schorr
July 7, 2008 12:06 pm
Peers can be harsher and more intimidating judges than critics or curators. Which is why artist-run galleries and artist-curated exhibits offer unmatched insight into emerging talent. At the Deutche Guggenheim in Berlin, American visual artist, critic, and teacher Collier Schorr has cherry-picked 19 artists to represent America’s art scene today. In “Freeway Balconies: Contemporary American Art,” up-and-comers mix with more seasoned names, including Shorr herself, who believes that functioning as a self-aware judge of her contemporaries means contrasting her work with that of her peers and possible successors. Among her photos on display is this loving portrait of a rather butch-looking Brooke Shields, which offers a micro synopsis of the show’s unspoken theme, the ways in which we all create, express, and
establish our personal and creative identities.
Everyone (Brooke Shields),” 2008
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