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Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility

Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility; October 20, 2023-April 7, 2024

October 20, 2023, 11:00 amApril 7, 2024, 6:00 pm

Guggenheim

1071 5th Avenue at 89th Street

New York NY

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🎟 $30, $19/students & seniors , free/ages 12 & under

Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly

Works of art that feature partially obscured or hidden figures take over the iconic rotunda.  Different ways of hiding include shadowing, rotating the body BS postproduction tools that blur or brighten. Most recent works draw upon digital technology, such as the chroma-key green (or blue) screen.

More than 100 works by a group of 28 artists, the majority of whom are Black and more than half of whom are women inventively manipulate color and light to also obscure optical perception.

Wed–Mon 11 am–6 pm, Pay-what-you-wish Sat 6 pm–8 pm

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