UNEXPECTED NARRATIVES
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART, WEST PALM BEACH, FL
MAY 10 – JUL 15, 2018

UNEXPECTED NARRATIVES SHOWCASES THREE VIDEOS FROM THE EARLY 2000S, FEATURING WORKS BY AMERICAN CHRIS DOYLE AND MUNTEAN/ROSENBLUM. THE 2005 VIDEO, DISCO, BY MUNTEAN/ROSENBLUM IS A MODERN-DAY TABLEAU VIVANT THAT OPENS IN A DESERTED DISCOTHEQUE THAT TRANSFORMS INTO A REINTERPRETATION OF THE ROMANTIC MASTERPIECE PAINTING, THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA, 1818-1819, BYFRENCH ARTIST THÉODORE GÉRICAULT. TOGETHER, THE THREE WORKS USE VIDEO TO CREATE COMPELLING NARRATIVES IN UNEXPECTED PLACES.

CURATED BY J. RACHEL GUSTAFSON

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