(Un)MYthU: Byproducts of twenty years of performance
by Jesal Thacker The exhibition space at Gallery Chemould was transformed into an unusual setting inviting the viewer into a dialogue with the artist’s rites of passage and experiences. Blurring the boundaries between artist, curator, gallery, collector and museum, (Un)MYthU questions the existence of them -
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by Daniela Zyman I met Mithu Sen in Tokyo in 2009. Our matchmaker was Fumio Nanjo, the longtime director of the Mori Art Museum. Sen had just returned from a residency in Tokushima, Japan, where she had worked for more than a month in a traditional paper mill using strong kozo fiber to produce sheets of paper that could
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by Olu Oguibe The Queen in Her Chamber
Olu Oguibe
Queen Mithu steps into her chamber alone. There is no elaborate ritual accompanying her entry; no pomp and pageantry. There are no guards in sight, no courtiers, and no officers of the chancery. There are no ladies of the chamber bearing her
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