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In the Magazine

2/ 8/08

3:15 PM

Exclusive Video: Artist Guy Ben-Ner's Ikea Sitcom

In this week's issue of New York, art critic Jerry Saltz praises Israeli artist Guy Ben-Ner's Stealing Beauty, an eighteen-minute video project in which Ben-Ner's family acts out a weird and politically charged sitcom in Ikea stores throughout the world. Here's a three-minute excerpt from the fascinating video, which can be seen in its entirety at the Postmasters Gallery through February 16.

Related: Artist in Residence [NYM]

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