New Taryn Simon work @ MOMA

Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII

May 2–September 3, 2012

The Robert and Joyce Menschel Photography Gallery, third floor MOMA, NYC

This show is closing soon, so jump on a flight up to NYC if you have the chance.  An interesting, complex exhibition that draws on photography's archival impulse and implicit narratives "A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII exploits photography's capacity to at once probe complex narratives in contemporary politics and organize this material according to classification processes characteristic of the archive, a system that connects identity, lineage, history, and memory." - MOMA

 Taryn Simon. Chapter XVII from A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII (detail). 2011. Pigmented inkjet prints, 84 x 241 7/8" (213.4 x 614.4 cm). Courtesy the artist. © Taryn Simon