{"id":1939,"date":"2013-02-01T22:28:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T03:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=1939"},"modified":"2013-02-01T22:28:33","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T03:28:33","slug":"gaylen-gerber-at-wallspace-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/01\/gaylen-gerber-at-wallspace-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaylen Gerber at Wallspace Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Gaylen<\/a>
Gaylen Gerber, Support, oil on Lipico helmet mask, Makonde, Mozambique and Tanzania, 20th century, wood and pigment, 9.5 x 12 x 9 inches. AND Gaylen Gerber, Support, oil paint on Cowrie Shell Basket (Currency Basket), Yoruba, Nigeria, 20th century, vegetable fiber, cowrie shells and leather, 10 x 10 x 11 inches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Context is everything when it comes to Gaylen Gerber\u2019s \u2018collaborative\u2019 artworks, including this Nigerian cowrie shell currency basket and a Makonde mask from Mozambique\/Tanzania from mid-20th<\/sup> century, which the artist has titled \u2018Support\u2019 and covered in white oil paint. \u00a0Questions of whose work is whose and whether Gerber is defacing, erasing or enhancing the \u2018supports\u2019 mingles with thoughts of Picasso, et al\u2019s appropriation of African art, all to provocative effect. (At Chelsea\u2019s Wallspace Gallery<\/a> through Feb 9th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Context is everything when it comes to Gaylen Gerber\u2019s \u2018collaborative\u2019 artworks, including this Nigerian cowrie shell currency basket and a Makonde mask from Mozambique\/Tanzania from mid-20th century, which the artist has titled \u2018Support\u2019 and covered in white oil paint. \u00a0Questions of whose work is whose and whether Gerber is defacing, erasing or enhancing the \u2018supports\u2019 … <\/p>\n

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