Jennifer Zackin & Sandford Biggers, ‘a small world’ at The Jewish Museum

Jennifer Zackin & Sandford Biggers, 'a small world,' video still, 2012.
Jennifer Zackin & Sandford Biggers, ‘a small world,’ video still, 2012.

If you’re at The Jewish Museum to visit the Vuillard show, don’t miss the chance to see a side exhibition of a single work – Sanford Biggers and Jennifer Zackin’s memorable video ‘a small world’ from ’99 – ’01.  Zackin grew up in a New York Jewish American family and Biggers an African American family in LA; the video piece pairs home movies from each artist’s family side by side.  Similarities between their experiences beg the question of how viewers might expect race and geography to influence a middle class upbringing. (Extended through October 14th).