(not so) Simple Pleasures: Content and Contentment in Contemporary Art
1991, MIT List Visual Arts Center
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Painting, sculpture, crafts, and photography by ten artists from across the United States and Canada who use various subtle strategies to embed potent meaning within an attractive object or image. Work by Judie Bamber, Michael Banicki, John Currin, Ronald Jones, Ken Lum, Joyce Scott, Andres Serrano, Masami Teraoka. Essay by Dana Friis-Hansen.