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[ART REVIEW] The Believers at MASS MoCA
7.13.07
Leaps of faith
A Mass MoCA exhibition examines how offbeat beliefs affect art
By Ken Johnson, Boston Globe Staff
NORTH ADAMS -- If I told you there were leprechauns living in my basement, would you believe me? Well, would you believe that I believe that leprechauns are living in my basement? Or would you suspect I was just trying to make myself more interesting to you?
I ask because such questions go to the heart of a muddled but thought-provoking exhibition called "The Believers" at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art .
The premise is that the 13 artists and artist teams the show presents are distinguished as much for their more or less eccentric beliefs as for the art they make. One claims he's a witch. Another says she's really two different people occupying one body. A third created wire sculptures that he believed had healing powers.
The big question is, how much of a difference does knowing the beliefs of an artist make in our experience of his or her work? The answer, going by this exhibition, is sometimes a lot, sometimes not much.
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