Taryn Simon
25 May - 06 November 2011
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TARYN SIMON
25 May – 6 November 2011
Tate Modern premieres an important new body of work by the American
artist Taryn Simon, who chronicles generational histories through an
elaborate assembly of image and text. In each, the external forces of
territory, power, circumstance or religion collide with the internal
forces of psychological and physical inheritance. From feuding families
in Brazil to victims of genocide in Bosnia, and human exhibitions in the
United States to the living dead in India, Simon forms a collection
that maps the relationships among chance, blood and other components of
fate. Simon’s presentation explores the struggle to determine patterns
embedded in the narratives she documents.
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