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Fred Wilson: Black Like Me Introduction by Richard Klein. Never hesitant to explore new territory, Fred Wilson, in a major solo exhibition at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, displays his growing interest in the medium of glass. He has taken
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THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
ISBN: 9781888332254
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Fred Wilson: Speak Of Me As I Am Essays by Salah Hassan and Paul Kaplan. Introduction by Jane Farver. The United States will be represented at the 50th Venice Biennale by an artist known for questioning accepted notions of truth” via combinations of historical artifacts, art objects, film, video, audio
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MIT LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER
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Fred Wilson: Objects And Installations, 1979-2000 Edited by John Alan Farmer and Antonia Gardner. Essays by Maurice Berger, Jennifer Gonzalez. If social justice is Fred Wilson's subject, the museum is his medium. By placing meticulously rendered objects in environments that carefully recreate the details of a museum setting, down to their
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THE CENTER FOR ART, DESIGN AND VISUAL CULTURE
ISBN: 9781890761042
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Fred Wilson

Fred Wilson: Black Like Me

Introduction by Richard Klein.
Published by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

Never hesitant to explore new territory, Fred Wilson, in a major solo exhibition at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, displays his growing interest in the medium of glass. He has taken the title of the exhibition, Black Like Me, from John Howard Griffin's groundbreaking 1961 book of the same name. A white civil-rights activist, Griffin dyed his skin black and traveled throughout the South to directly understand the nature of racial prejudice. Wilson, invited in 2002 to be an artist-in-residence at the Philchuck Glass School in Washington State, began to work in the medium, leading to his extensive use of it as the United States' representative for the 2003 Venice Biennale. Known for incorporating found objects into his art as a vehicle for cultural and institutional critique, Wilson takes a new, more personal, introspective direction in his exploration of racial and ethnic marginalization.

Fred Wilson: Speak Of Me As I Am

50th Venice Biennale

Essays by Salah Hassan and Paul Kaplan. Introduction by Jane Farver.
Published by MIT List Visual Arts Center

The United States will be represented at the 50th Venice Biennale by an artist known for questioning accepted notions of “truth” via combinations of historical artifacts, art objects, film, video, audio and altered museum labels. Fred Wilson's U.S pavilion will deal with Renaissance Venice and the role black Africans played in what was then the most cosmopolitan and ethnically diverse city in the world. Part of Wilson's exhibition will focus on the more personal themes of sadness and regret and will include new individual works and an installation about the legend of Othello, the Moor of Venice.

Fred Wilson: Objects And Installations, 1979-2000

Issues in Cultural Theory, No. 4

Edited by John Alan Farmer and Antonia Gardner. Essays by Maurice Berger, Jennifer Gonzalez.
Published by The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture

If social justice is Fred Wilson's subject, the museum is his medium. By placing meticulously rendered objects in environments that carefully recreate the details of a museum setting, down to their wall colors, lighting, display cases and wall labels, Wilson incisively explores the question of how the museum consciously and unconsciously perpetuates racist beliefs and behavior. From Egyptian and classical Greek and Roman sculpture to African-American memorabilia, from the primativist painting of Picasso to the uniforms worn by often black museum guards, Wilson's provocative juxtapositions speak to a complex history of museological omission, manipulation and oversight. This book marks the artist's first mid-career survey.