Title: scott lifshutz Medium: multimedia Description:

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ANTHRO/SOCIO anthro/socio curated by raul zamudio the:artist:network is pleased to announce the exhibition anthro/socio. the exhibition explores two narrative trajectories that split into a myriad of thematic strands. one is the polarity between anthro, with its greek root meaning "man," and socio, which is derived from the latin and means "companion." both are prefixes to numerous words that underlie a subtext of the show: what does it mean to address such things as the anthropology or the sociology of art, for example, as divergent perspectives on artistic practice that traditionally stemmed from a study of two historically variegated forms of social community? the anthropology of art refers to the visual culture of so-called "primitive" or underdeveloped society, while the other connotes urbanity and its art forms that run the gamut from "fine art" to "low culture" and all things in between. the latter's division of artistic practice into "high" and "low" has presumably been a marker of societal complexity. yet, as the exhibition makes quite clear, this type of polarization of culture and society is confronted by a whole new set of criteria produced by the changing dynamics of globalization. as the international influx of populations move to any given city, urban space itself becomes increasingly inundated with a diversity of cultures from all walks of life consequently making the anthropology/sociology delineation exceedingly implausible. other dichotomies are also explored in the exhibition that highlights this problematic: organic/synthetic, nurture/culture, virtual space/reality, native/foreigner, and self/other. the other reference to the show comes from bruce nauman's 1992 installation titled "anthro/socio." the installation is a multi-channel video work projected on walls as well as displayed on monitors and consists of a face that screams: "feed me, eat me, anthropology ... help me, hurt me, sociology ... feed me, help me, eat me, hurt me."

all submissions
duncan anderson projects drawing 1938	duncan anderson projects drawing 2822	duncan anderson projects drawing 1999	oreet ashery projects photograph (film) 1730	oreet shery projects photograph (film) 1628	dahlia elsayed projects drawing 1712
andrea frank projects photograph (digital) 1456	andrea frank projects photograph (digital) 1435	erika harrsch projects photograph (digital) 1657	scott lifshutz projects painting 1663	scott lifshutz projects multimedia 1717	scott lifshutz projects multimedia 2287
ferran martin projects multimedia 1614	alfredo martinez projects drawing 2070	emma mccagg projects drawing 1858	emma mccagg projects drawing 1902	yasira nun projects photograph (digital) 2384	rikko sakkenen projects drawing 1731
rikko sakkenen projects drawing 1796	rikko sakkenen projects drawing 1760	sari tervaniemi projects photograph (digital) 1630	liselot van der ... projects photograph (digital) 1653	liselot van der ... projects photograph (digital) 1460	andrew dermijian projects multimedia 1640

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