Uncomfortable Proximity >>
Graham Harwood
Juxtaposing images and confrontational language, Harwood "mongrelizes" a
national treasure.
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[Intro] Uncomfortable Proximity is a critical examination of the museum's role, set in
the context of a museum-commissioned net.art piece. It questions its own
affiliation with the Tate Museum while challenging the institutional
conventions of the art world. In this piece, the British Empire's past
resurfaces in a bastardized cut-up of canonical art. Harwood displays both his
admiration for the Tate collections and his "disdain for the social values that
framed the creation of much of its art." The white cube environment of a
gallery maintains temple-like status for the upper classes and their symbolic
capital. It has become a backbone of the capitalistic art world system. Harwood
subverts this by creating a critical rewriting of art history.
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