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Article: Eastern standards.(Eastern Standard: Western Artists in China)
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- July 1, 2008
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EASTERN STANDARD: WESTERN ARTISTS IN CHINA
MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
(MASS MOCA NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS
FEBRUARY 2-FALL 2008
Attempts by outsiders to relate the particulars of another culture are so often doomed to fail. No matter the level of skill and sensitivity, those who travel abroad and return with images of other lands risk being seen as, at worst, ignorant, dreaded "others," and at best, temporary tourists. Despite this trend, "Eastern Standard: Western Artists in China" at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) takes a different approach. Instead of looking to understand an unfamiliar ...