The ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art) in Boston is exhibiting Thomas Hirschhorn’s’ “Utopia, Utopia=One World, One War, One Army, One Dress” instillation. For those of you whom are not familiar with Thomas Hirschhorn, he is a French artist well known for his provocative multimedia political art. The Utopia exhibit is comprised of three floors of an entirely camouflage theme. Throughout the exhibit you will find actual camouflage army gear, camouflage in popular culture items, candid pictures pertaining to the camouflage them, massive obtrusive structures resembling war weapons (in camo of course), and much more. There are also mannequins and globes wrapped in camo tape with awkward growths which represents people’s personal camouflages. The entire instillation is politically laden and definitely a must see if you are going to be in the Boston area anytime until January.
http://www.icaboston.org/Home/Exhibitions/Exhibitions/Current/ThomasHirchhorn
That is one of the most unique exhibits I have seen a while.
Posted by: Cathy Duren | December 01, 2005 at 07:12 PM