Dayton Castleman
On the Strange Place of Religion in Alogon Gallery
Dayton Castleman
As the conversation on religion and contemporary art has widened and intensified in recent years, thanks significantly to James Elkins’ book On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art, thought on the issue has only become more challenging and complex. I find it easy to become lost in the cacophony of competing voices of critics, theorists and historians. This show is an opportunity to pause, to observe a concrete occasion of this strange intersection, and to root this brief exchange of ideas in the time and space of this show....
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Dayton Castleman
As the conversation on religion and contemporary art has widened and intensified in recent years, thanks significantly to James Elkins’ book On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art, thought on the issue has only become more challenging and complex. I find it easy to become lost in the cacophony of competing voices of critics, theorists and historians. This show is an opportunity to pause, to observe a concrete occasion of this strange intersection, and to root this brief exchange of ideas in the time and space of this show....
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