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Article: Malcolm X: the artists' view. (Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts)
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- Art in America
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- May 1, 1994
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The ICA recently hosted a traveling show in which the black leader is presented as a cultural phenomenon.
All politics are ultimately local, to paraphrase two local legends, one of whom was known during his Boston days as Malcolm Little.(1) Political art (to say nothing of art politics) is essentially local, too, as Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art has recently shown in its dual exhibitions centered on Malcolm X. While former ICA director David Ross and his chief curator, Elisabeth Sussman, (both now at the Whitney Museum) were frequently criticized here for their international-trend-following shows, which were regarded as ignoring New England artists, ...