Art News Headlines: June 18, 2011
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In the News: “Vienna: Art & Design” at the National Gallery of Victoria; Artist Claudio Bravo, known for his hyperrealism paintings passed away; “Doors of No Return: The Remains of Africa’s Slave Castles” photography by Henderson and Merrell at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Oklahoma; etching and intaglio works in exhibition “Louise Bourgeois” at the James Cohan Gallery; and a surfing Madonna, mosaic of the Virgin of Guadalupe riding a wave considered illegal graffiti.
Bill Viola’s Bodies of Light
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Upon entering the dimly lit James Cohan Gallery, one room beckons with a low, droning sound as mottled static scurries across the walls. The degraded image quality of the photographic art hearkens to pre-digital times, while the immersive video projections play out in continuous loops.
