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In Northwest Ambulatory
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In Northwest Ambulatory
This presentation of video works from the Allen’s collection features artists Dara Birnbaum and Kalup Linzy. Birnbaum’s Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman (1978–1979) is among the most iconic works in the history of video art, using novel techniques of glitching and altering televisual content to critique sexist representations of women. Linzy’s Lollypop (2006), made in collaboration with performance artist Shaun Leonardo, uses lip-sync to reframe a vintage blues song, originally performed by a man and a woman, as a queer flirtation between two Black men. Exploiting the mutability of video, Birnbaum and Linzy use humor to transcend stereotypes of race, gender, and sexuality in mass media and popular entertainment.
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Kalup Linzy (American, b. 1977), Lollypop (still), 2006. Video (black and white, sound, 3:20 min.). Gift of Driek (OC 1965) and Michael (OC 1964) Zirinsky, 2023.1.83.
Dara Birnbaum (American, b. 1946), Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman (still), 1978–79. Video (color, sound, 5:50 min.). Special Exhibitions Fund, 1984.35.
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