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Stan Douglas at David Zwirner.(New York, New York)(Review of Exhibitions)(Brief Article)

Art in America | June 1, 1997 | Copyright

Stan Douglas, a finalist for the 1996 Hugo Boss Prize, created a new work for the SoHo Guggenheim's exhibition of short-listed artists [see A.i.A., Apr. `97]. Narrating an early moment of European contact with the native Mowachat of British Columbia, Nu*tka* was a video montage of two clashing films and soundtracks which occasionally intersected in moments of clarity before returning to counterpoint. Looking at the same site from two irreconcilable views, it underscored the culture-based myopia at the root of colonialism.

A concurrent gallery exhibition revisiting…

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