Rave Reviews for Corporal Identity-Body Language from ARTnews, American Craft, New York Times and Other Publications
The Museum of Arts & Design's current exhibition, Corporal Identity-Body Language , which explores the human body as object and as metaphor, has received enthusiastic acclaim from distinguished international publications. The exhibition runs through May 16.
Review excerpts:
ARTnews (April 2004)
"The exhibition's a winner....What could be a hanger for cliches; narcissism; political; social and personal puerilities; and excessive earnestness is instead a very clever bunch of hooks for wit, talent, and diversity that successfully confounds the barriers separating art, craft and design…The show offers art that's cheerfully in your face...It can be boldly and cleverly feminist...or gently self-reflective...or hilariously satiric...this undidactic show lets the works speak for themselves."
Barbara MacAdam
American Craft (April-May 2004)
“It's at once a wild conceptual ride and a virtuoso showcase for materials, from traditional to high-tech, with a generous helping of found objects thrown in for good measure. The works, by 145 German and American artists, offer a view from the cutting edge of craft and applied art that, as the catalogue states, focuses ‘on artistic concepts that are in tension between tradition and the future.'…Race, feminism, sexuality and war are but a few of the highly charged themes addressed by the categories as disparate as figural sculpture and artists' books…The show's eclectism demonstrates and edgy, curatorial preference for concept over material…A number of cunningly wrought artists' books together serve as a powerful anthology of lived experiences.”
Andrea DiNoto
The London Times ( January 7, 2004 )
"A must-see Big Apple exhibition…While traditional artists concentrate on outward appearances, the Corporal Identity crew moves under the skin, exposing a colourful and exotic world."
Nicholas Wapshott
The New York Times ( December 5, 2003 )
“A no-holds-barred anthology of attitudes toward the body and its relationship with the self.”
Grace Glueck
Art Actuel (March-April 2004): "Captivating exhibition...a successful voyage around and through the human body."
Marie-Pierre Nakamura
The Associated Press ( November 13, 2003 )
“Explores a range of concerns about the human body – questions about the body and identity, the impact of science on the body, societal attitudes toward the human form.”
Deepti Hajela