{"id":1321,"date":"2012-08-21T23:43:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T03:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=1321"},"modified":"2012-08-21T23:43:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T03:43:26","slug":"guy-ben-ner-stealing-beauty-in-idea-is-the-object-at-damelio-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/21\/guy-ben-ner-stealing-beauty-in-idea-is-the-object-at-damelio-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Guy Ben-Ner, ‘Stealing Beauty’ in ‘Idea is the Object’ at D’Amelio Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Guy Ben-Ner, ‘Stealing Beauty,’ video, 2007.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Imagine perusing bedroom sets in IKEA and finding a quarrelling married couple bedding down for the night. \u00a0Israeli artist Guy Ben-Ner is half of the couple starring in his own hilarious 18 minute 2007 video \u2018Stealing Beauty\u2019 that he shot without permission with a small camcorder in IKEA stores in New York, Berlin and Tel Aviv.\u00a0 As he, his wife and two kids discuss the ramifications of capitalism on their family life, they pretend to read from the store\u2019s libraries, shower in the bathroom and sip drinks in the kitchen, creating a provocative dissonance between public and private life and questioning the personal impact of political ideology. (\u2018Stealing Beauty is in \u2018Idea is the Object\u2019 at D\u2019Amelio Gallery<\/a>, Chelsea, through Aug 24th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Imagine perusing bedroom sets in IKEA and finding a quarrelling married couple bedding down for the night. \u00a0Israeli artist Guy Ben-Ner is half of the couple starring in his own hilarious 18 minute 2007 video \u2018Stealing Beauty\u2019 that he shot without permission with a small camcorder in IKEA stores in New York, Berlin and Tel … <\/p>\n

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