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2018 Triennial: Songs for Sabotage

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The New Museum of Contemporary Art
235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002 40.722771 -73.992856
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Type of Show:
Drawing/Illustration, Multimedia/Installation, Museum Exhibits, Photography, Sculpture

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Price

$18, $15 seniors, $12 students, free for members and ages 18 and under

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Official Website

newmuseum.org

Schedule

Thru 5/26	Every Thu, 11am-9pm
Thru 5/27	Tue-Wed, Fri-Sun, 11am-6pm

Profile

Everything in the show is done in recognizable styles, idioms, and genres — be they traditionally figurative and expressionist painting, assembled constructions, digital art, neo-conceptual sculpture, and of course, gathered, found, and altered objects. But painting is the standout medium. The best artist in Songs is Haiti’s Tomm El-Saieh who makes dreamy, subtly colored dot-and-dash-scapes, mapping abstract Chinese-like landscapes that evoke iridescent magnetic fields, incessant waves of water, and remind us of a more abstract Chris Ofili. Keep your eye on him; there’s real vision here. — Jerry Saltz