2012 Reports

Irene Caesar: Anthropretation

The Harriman Institute will kick off its fall 2012 exhibit calendar with a show of work by the Russian-American conceptual artist and philosopher Irene Caesar. Caesar came to prominence in Russia in the early 90s, when articles appeared about her in major Russian newspapers. As a way of questioning modern art, Caesar created a series of photographic portraits of some well-known critics, film directors, and artists, including Arthur Danto, Vitaly Komar, Alexander Melamid, Slava Tsukerman, and Vadim Perelman, which she produced as absurdist role games in the spirit of Beckett and Ionesco.