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Article: Carole Naggar at Pulse Art.(New York, New York)(Review of Exhibitions)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Art in America
- Article date:
- December 1, 1995
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1995 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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On seeing a roomful of open books with their pages defaced by graffiti, obscured by dirt and, in some cases, obliterated with dough, sand or moss, it's difficult not to feel that a taboo has been broken. Even though altered or destroyed books have become a familiar sculptural trope, Carole Naggar's "Unreadable Books" retain a quiet ability to shock. That these 33 works, lying in casual groupings on low platforms, ultimately elicit a deeper response than their initial shock can be laid to Naggar's complex relationship to the history of the book itself. Born in Egypt to Jewish parents, Naggar grew up in France and recently emigrated to New York. Her cultural references ...