In Playing Homage, the persona of artist is the subject matter. Central to all of the works in the show is a focus on the figure of the artist either as a reference point to address their own subjectivities as makers, as institutional critique, and in sincere homage to an historical cast of artists and to the cult of the artist persona. Several of the artists in Playing Homage directly take on the specific identity of another artist, while others play a more generalized character. Some of the works are remakes or restagings of earlier works in which the artists become, quite literally, actors playing a role, while others dictate what it means to be an artist.

Curated by Jenifer Papararo

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