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Article: Tam Ochiai at Team.(New York, New York)(Review of Exhibitions)(Brief Article)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- March 1, 1998
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Judging from the evidence of this exhibition, Tam Ochiai would like to be one or all of the following: 1) an artist exhibiting at Mary Boone Gallery; 2) the lead guitarist for a testosterone-fueled rock `n' roll band; 3) the female star of European films, preferably of French New Wave vintage.
A video monitor featuring a close-up of Ron Warren's face greeted you just inside the door of Ochiai's exhibition. Warren is the man who has for some years manned the front desk of Mary Boone Gallery. In the video he is busy on the phone and does not acknowledge your presence, but his image lent some up-scale flair to the ramp that descends into Team Gallery's basement ...