Given the stunning backdrop of recent events in Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Yemen — and perhaps elsewhere in the turbulent Middle East in coming days — Charles Gaines»
exceptional multimedia installation «Manifestos» assumes an unanticipated resonance.
«As chief curator, Douglas helped make significant additions to the Hammer Contemporary Collection, including important videos by Doug Aitken and Barbara Kruger, major paintings by Lari Pittman and Ed Ruscha, a large cut - paper silhouette
installation by Kara Walker, and an
exceptional new
multimedia installation by Charles Gaines,» stated the Hammer in a press release.