Radia Tapes art exhibit in New York

Act 1: Swearing in whispers by CAMP

Recently New Yorks New Museum hosted its second triennial exhibit of emerging global artists titled “The Ungovernables”.

A third of the exhibit’s 34 artists and artist groups come from Asia. Another half dozen are from the Middle East. About a quarter are from Latin America; the show also includes a big group of photographers from Nigeria, and artists from South Africa and Finland. As well as some from India.

The combination of underexposed cultural perspectives and youth — the show focuses on artists born between the mid-1970s and mid-1980s — makes for a captivating and often heartening array. Curated by the New Museum’s Eungie Joo, the venture is mercifully free of the New York art scene’s trademark irony.

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