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Ruth Sacks
At the Moment,, 2009. postcards, boxes, instructions .

Double-sided Accumulated, a solo exhibition by Ruth Sacks, Italy

Ruth Sacks at galleria e x t r a s p a z i o

This exhibition starts with the idea of accumulation. Taking isolated incidents and collecting fragments from across different time periods, it focuses on creating new hybrid forms and portable monuments.?Sacks is careful about adding to the weight of already existing material things.

Seemingly disparate objects, images and words have been pinpointed and re-ordered to form new combinations. Sacks has chosen specific elements that reference moments in the history of art and architecture to examine their shifting roles and interpretations within contemporary times.

?Objects like postcards, coins, bells and luggage are represented in other works with the intention of suggesting alternative interpretations to their initial function.?Words take the place of architectural features.

The artist's book False Friends will be launched in January at the Kunstverein, Amsterdam

14 January - 27 February

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'Nous'
James Webb and Ninar Esber
at Galerie Imane Fares

This exhibition by Ninar Esber and James Webb introduces different forms of disobedience that tend to thwart the systems of societal domination. The defiance these two artists address towards the underlying censorship within the moral and technologic
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'Someone Else's Country'
Jo Ractliffe
at Peabody Essex Museum

Photographer Jo Ractliffe (b. 1961) has spent the better part of the last decade photographing the effects of the prolonged civil war in Angola (1975-2002), both in the country itself and in her native South Africa. From the capital city of Luanda to
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'Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive'
Santu Mofokeng, Andrew Putter, Pieter Hugo, Sabelo Mlangeni, Zanele Muholi, Candice Breitz and Zwelethu Mthethwa
at The Walther Collection Project Space

Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive A three-part exhibition series on photography from Southern Africa, Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive presents rarely before seen portraits, albums, cartes de visite, a
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