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Kara Walker at the Domino Sugar Factory

June 7, 2015 by ArtJetSet

To mark the demolition of Brooklyn’s legendary Domino Sugar factory, Kara Walker built a giant sphinx-like sculpture from sugar, surrounded by little childlike melting candied figures. The impact came from not only the sheer size of the sculpture, but how it filled the dark hollowed abandoned space with radiating glow. There is a very clear narrative of the labourers working the sugar cane fields, the factory workers that refined the sugar, and the irony of the grueling work to produce such a […]

Categories: Brooklyn • Tags: Domino Sugar, Kara Walker

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Brooklyn Museum

January 5, 2009 by ArtJetSet

Visited the Brooklyn Museum, and it is immense! It is a multi experiential space showing traditional American paintings, design of furniture and interiors, jewellery, cultural artifacts, contemporary art, feminist art, you name it they have a department. The feature exhibits of the moment is The Black List Project, photos by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, portraits of influential African-Americans in contemporary society ranging from musicians, politicians, artists, writers, and activists. Burning Down the House, a feminist art collection. Over fifty feminist artists, housed […]

Categories: Brooklyn • Tags: Brooklyn Museum, Gilbert and George, Kehinde Wiley

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