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The New Normal reviewed in Bidoun

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:14:28 +0000

Murtaza Vali wrote a nice review of The New Normal in the Fall 2008 issue of Bidoun Magazine:

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Vali, Murtaza. “The New Normal: Artists Space, New York.” Bidoun Magazine. Fall 2008: 190-191.

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admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:47:55 +0000

A write up from The New Normal exhibition in Huarte, Spain that I finally got around to scanning is after the jump. The online version is here.

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admin — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:26:53 +0000

There is an article about The New Normal by Jessica Novak in today’s issue of the Baltimore Examiner.

Leaked, private information describing what Vice President Dick Cheney requires in his hotel room during speaking engagements.

The infamous sex tape of Pamela Anderson.

Fake passports from CIA officers wanted for abducting a Muslim cleric in Italy.

These are just some of the intriguing source materials artists acquired copies of and incorporated into the latest major traveling exhibit to land in Baltimore.

Titled The New Normal, the exhibit at the Maryland Institute College of Art takes its name from Cheney’s description of wiretaps, luggage searches and other government surveillance measures as “the new normalcy.”

Read the full article here.

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:00:16 +0000

Months after being thrust into the national spotlight by John McCain, Sarah Palin hinted yesterday that she might reveal her medical records after mounting pressure from the press and the public. Meanwhile, days after being thrust into the spotlight by John McCain, American archetype Joe the Plumber issued an impassioned plea for his own privacy, after the press had revealed that he did not have a plumbing license, had fallen behind on his taxes, and other personal details.