{"id":9985,"date":"2022-08-29T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=9985"},"modified":"2022-08-10T15:31:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T19:31:34","slug":"kapwani-kiwanga-at-the-new-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/29\/kapwani-kiwanga-at-the-new-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Kapwani Kiwanga at the New Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paris-based artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapwanikiwanga.org\/\">Kapwani Kiwanga<\/a>\u2019s fifth floor exhibition \u2018Off-Grid\u2019 at the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/view\/kapwani-kiwanga-off-grid\"> New Museum<\/a> makes powerful use of the gallery\u2019s high ceilings with two large-scale installations employing evocative materials.\u00a0 Lengths of light-colored sisal hang in a curving grid to create what the museum calls a \u2018warm cocoon,\u2019 though with the piece, Kiwanga also references the freighted history of sisal in Tanzania, from colonial introduction to contemporary export.\u00a0 The show\u2019s other piece, a two-part combination of geometric mirrors and hanging beads, features surfaces spray coated with aluminum meticulously harvested from floodlight reflectors used by urban police forces.\u00a0 The metallic surface reflects the gallery\u2019s natural light, vs the light of nighttime surveillance.\u00a0 (On view on the Lower East Side through Sept 5<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/48c1b624-03db-d05a-2ee9-485f7981c8fb.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1678\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kapwani Kiwanga, installation view of \u2018Off-Grid\u2019 at the New Museum, July 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris-based artist Kapwani Kiwanga\u2019s fifth floor exhibition \u2018Off-Grid\u2019 at the New Museum makes powerful use of the gallery\u2019s high ceilings with two large-scale installations employing evocative materials.\u00a0 Lengths of light-colored sisal hang in a curving grid to create what the museum calls a \u2018warm cocoon,\u2019 though with the piece, Kiwanga also references the freighted history &hellip; 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