The exhibition, running Feb. 19 to June 27 in Milan, is especially timely, interrogating individuality and playing with gender tropes and stereotypes, and a second version will travel to Tokyo in March.
“It occurred to me that for the most part, these artists were women, and/or people of color, and/or gay, and I started to consider their desire to create some ‘other,’ some alter ego, and the performative nature of it all,” Harris says.
Harris believes role playing has helped liberate artists “to gender-bend and time-travel and envision their selves in myriad ways, in turn reflecting on their very is-ness — even when that is in flux. An alter ego, persona, or avatar may be aspirational; it may relate to one’s personal and cultural history and sense of otherness; it may be a form of activism, or a means of maneuvering through entrenched, even polarized, positions toward empathy: putting oneself in another’s shoes.
“Role Play” features works by artists Meriem Bennani, Juno Calypso, Cao Fei, Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley, Beatrice Marchi, Darius Mikšys, Narcissister, Haruka Sakaguchi and Griselda San Martin, Tomoko Sawada, Bogosi Sekhukhuni, and Amalia Ulman in an installation by creative agency Random Studio.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
How to Watch the Winter Olympics (Feb. 19-20): Pairs' Free Skate, Bobsled and MoreHere’s your guide to how to watch the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on this final weekend of the Games and where to find it all. Featured: Pairs’ free skate, two-woman bobsled, four-man-bobsled and ice hockey.
Read more »
Your Turn, Feb. 19: Gov. Abbott has no room to brag.Read the Express-News letters to the editor for Feb. 19.
Read more »
APH and Travis County providing free COVID-19 vaccine clinics Feb. 18-21Austin Public Health and Travis County are partnering with local community organizations to provide free COVID-19 vaccination clinics around the county.
Read more »
Today in sports history: Feb. 19In 2002, bobsledder Vonetta Flowers becomes the first Black athlete to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. See more sports moments from this date:
Read more »
Loop 202 (Santan Freeway) closed at times between I-10 and Loop 101 this weekend (Feb. 19-20)
Read more »