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..Eschewing overt discussion of race, they take a detached approach to identity that exemplifies Gaines’s determination transcend the conversations of his time and create new paths in artistic innovation...
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The Studio Museum in Harlem
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..Gaines employs rule-based methodologies to investigate ways in which meaning can be experienced in images and words...
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Paula Cooper Gallery, 534 W 21st Street
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..While appearing systematic and scientific, Gaines’s works ultimately refrain from producing empirical knowledge, preferring instead to invoke the viewer’s subjective response...
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Paula Cooper Gallery, 534 W 21st Street
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..Filling cells with vibrant paint, Gaines plots numbers to index the leaves and branches of each tree; he begins at the center of the trunk, counting outward in both directions to create a pixelated image...
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Paula Cooper Gallery, 534 W 21st Street
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..Transposing Carmichael’s speech as operatic libretto, Gaines activates text as the measure of process and duration and reveals affinities between these seemingly discordant sources...
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Paula Cooper Gallery, 534 W 21st Street