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Article: "Role Exchange": Sean Kelly Gallery.
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- Artforum International
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- October 1, 2007
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"Role Exchange," a group show exploring the theme of adopted personae in the art of the past three decades, demonstrated that an exhibition is not always greater than, or even equal to, the sum of its parts. If such were the case, this all-star lineup of often inspired works by twenty-seven exceptional artists would have been the hit of the season. Instead, it was largely a lackluster academic exercise that sparkled in spite of, rather than because of, its curatorial ambitions.
The exhibition's title was borrowed from Marina Abramovic's performance at Amsterdam's De Appel in 1975. Abramovic found a local prostitute who had been plying her trade for ten years--the ...