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This is a blog for for students of the New York POP (Professional Outreach Program) to read about and leave there own impressions about upcoming and ongoing art shows and openings in New York and the surrounding boroughs. So that we can all make sure to see the best shows before they are taken down.

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Friday, October 2, 2009

Regina José Galindo: Exit Art

Regina José Galindo
October 2 - November 21, 2009
Opening: Friday, October 2, 7-10pm


Exit Art is putting on a series of performance art. It has a large collection of Regina's video's being projected in the upper level. The lower level has another show America For Sale with photos, paintings, and video relating to our current economic situation.

Regina's work, Crises: Cloth consisted of audience members paying five dollars for an article of clothing, which they would remove themselves from her body as she stood still in the gallery. The work was very reminiscent of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece though much less edgy with potential violence (which was strange as Regina's larger body of work was very much about different types of violence).
The best part of the evening for me was when the man who took the shirt 'of her back' while at the same time exposing her breasts (as another lady had previously purchased Regina's bra and took it off under her t-shirt) asked for change. At the time I didn't realize she had set a specific price for the garments (five bucks), so it seemed very New York to take the most pivotal piece in the show while at the same time asking for the rest of your ten or twenty back.

http://www.exitart.org/site/pub/main/index.html
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