Art and Conflict in New York: Can Exhibitions From a Safe Distance Truly Address War?
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Jenny Wu
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A reflective piece examining how art exhibitions in New York address past and ongoing conflicts, questioning what they can achieve from a safe distance. The article reviews several exhibitions including "Distortion / Memory / Resilience" and others that grapple with war, conflict, and memory, while critically considering the role of art in processing trauma and political turmoil from the privileged vantage point of wealthy urban centers.
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· 3 pulledIn the sixth month / of a disastrous reign in the house of money / in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money, / […] we (forgive us) / lived happily.
Recent exhibitions want to address conflicts past and ongoing, but what, from a safe distance, might they hope to achieve?
Walking in, I was reminded of the final lines of a poem written by Ilya Kaminsky during the opening months of the first Trump administration
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