{"id":6652,"date":"2017-07-10T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=6652"},"modified":"2025-02-11T14:34:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T19:34:19","slug":"meschac-gaba-at-tanya-bonakdar-gallery-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/10\/meschac-gaba-at-tanya-bonakdar-gallery-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Meschac Gaba Installation at Tanya Bonakdar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buildings and monuments in the U.S. capital inspired Rotterdam &amp; Benin-based artist Meschac Gaba\u2019s latest synthetic-hair sculptures. Including (right to left) the White House, the U.S. Capitol and St John Episcopal Church, the sculptures represent a merger of African craft and sites of power. (On view at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tanyabonakdargallery.com\/exhibitions\/meschac-gaba\">Tanya Bonakdar Gallery<\/a> through July 28<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6653\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/10\/meschac-gaba-at-tanya-bonakdar-gallery-2\/meschac_gaba\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6653\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6653\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/meschac_gaba-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view of Meschac Gaba at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, June, 2017 featuring at right, \u2018White House,\u2019 braided wig of synthetic hair, 35 x 20 x 14 inches, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buildings and monuments in the U.S. capital inspired Rotterdam &amp; Benin-based artist Meschac Gaba\u2019s latest synthetic-hair sculptures. 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