{"id":1653,"date":"2008-07-03T11:49:44","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T09:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/03\/when-enough-people-start-saying-the-same-thing\/"},"modified":"2008-07-03T11:49:44","modified_gmt":"2008-07-03T09:49:44","slug":"when-enough-people-start-saying-the-same-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanielstern.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/03\/when-enough-people-start-saying-the-same-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"When enough people start saying the same thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Looking forward to seeing this show in joburg.\u00c2\u00a0 MacGarry is also one of the lads behind <a href=\"http:\/\/avantcarguard.com\/\">Avant Car Guard<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">From my inbox:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.images11.com\/za_members\/5520\/ftp\/Fetish_small.jpg?w=850\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 269px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"> <span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt\">Michael MacGarry, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Fetish<\/span>, 2008, Inkjet print on cotton paper, 56 x 86cm, edition of 10<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">When enough people start saying the same thing.<\/span><br \/>\nA solo exhibition by Michael MacGarry<\/p>\n<p>Opens 18:00 Wednesday 16 July 2008 at Art Extra<\/p>\n<p>Exhibition runs 16 July &#8211; 16 August 2008<\/p>\n<p>For exhibition MacGarry will be showing a comprehensive body of new work that continues his concern with the ongoing ramifications of imperialism on the African continent, whilst evidencing a move away from the <a href=\"http:\/\/alltheorynopractice.com\/\">All Theory. No Practice.<\/a> dogma that has defined his work for the past several years. Working in various media, from sculpture to large-scale photography and editioned bronzes, MacGarry uses temporal compression, fictional narratives, satire and the grotesque to explore current neo-colonial practices, notions of veracity, representational paradigms and the mechanics of political power at a domestic level as well as across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>This exhibition runs concurrently with MacGarry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s commissioned entry for the MTN New Contemporaries 2008 at the University of Johannesburg Arts Centre, opening 10 July 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking forward to seeing this show in joburg.\u00c2\u00a0 MacGarry is also one of the lads behind Avant Car Guard&#8230; From my inbox: &nbsp; Michael MacGarry, The Fetish, 2008, Inkjet print on cotton paper, 56 x 86cm, edition of 10 &nbsp; When enough people start saying the same thing. 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