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The Return of the Real
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery is incredibly pleased to announce the reopening of the gallery to the public with a group exhibition of new and recent work by gallery artists entitled, The Return of the Real. Quoting the title of Phil Collins' 2006 exhibition that investigated constructed reality of "reality tv", itself echoing the 1996 title of Hal Foster鈥檚 analysis of contemporary art at the end of the 20th century, the phrase is re-contextualized here to describe this unprecedented moment of contemporary life. After months of lockdown, and virtual consumption of visual art, the experience of art in a gallery space, IRL (in real life), is to be celebrated and appreciated more than ever. As reality and fiction battle daily on mediated screens, projecting and reflecting a veritable hall of mirrors, the exhibition offers an experience of individual direct perception.
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Tanya Bonakdar Gallery is incredibly pleased to announce the reopening of the gallery to the public with a group exhibition of new and recent work by gallery artists entitled, The Return of the Real. Quoting the title of Phil Collins' 2006 exhibition that investigated constructed reality of "reality tv", itself echoing the 1996 title of Hal Foster鈥檚 analysis of contemporary art at the end of the 20th century, the phrase is re-contextualized here to describe this unprecedented moment of contemporary life. After months of lockdown, and virtual consumption of visual art, the experience of art in a gallery space, IRL (in real life), is to be celebrated and appreciated more than ever. As reality and fiction battle daily on mediated screens, projecting and reflecting a veritable hall of mirrors, the exhibition offers an experience of individual direct perception.
