Abraham Lincoln morphs into a teenager, a senior, a woman in glasses and other characters in Krzysztof Wodiczko’s ‘A House Divided…’, as interviews shot with a variety of Staten Island citizens with varying political views are projected onto two replica of the Lincoln Memorial at Chelsea’s Galerie Lelong. In some exchanges, friends acknowledge their differences while respecting each other; in other conversations, barriers remain high. Wodiczko’s goal is to encourage the exchange regardless, making dialogue the goal of his art production. (On view through March 7th).
