Composed: Identity, Politics, Sex – New installation of works by seven contemporary artists

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Composed: Identity, Politics, Sex, a selection of photo-based works by seven contemporary artists, on view at The Jewish Museum in the final gallery of its permanent exhibition, Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey, from December 23, 2011 through June 30, 2012. Using conventional forms of photography – including traditional portraiture, photojournalism, and online profile pictures – the artists explore overlapping national, ethnic, and sexual identities. The selected artworks engage and play with conventions of art history and forms of popular [...]