Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago

“Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago”—curated by Tatiana Flores (Department of art History, Rutgers University) and supported by Getty’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA—will be on view from September 16, 2017 to January 28, 2018 at the Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA) in Long Beach, California (628 Alamitos Avenue).

Sophie Calle, The Blind, 1986

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Sophie Calle’s The Blind on wall. Jorge Pardo’s Pallet (Exotic Wood), 1990 on the ground. Installation views of Some Aesthetic Decisions: Centennial Celebration of Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain, at NSU Art Museum, by Bonnie Clearwater.

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Les Aveugles” (The Blind), created in 1986, Calle questioned people born blind on their representation of beauty. 23 sets of framed texts, b/w and color prints and shelves. Collection of Stuart and Judy Spence, Los Angeles.
The Blind, a set of 12, is also part of L’art et la matière at Musée Fabre de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole; an exhibition inviting guests to experience objects through touch, thus friendly to the blind. via Perrotin.