This and That: Ilya Kabakov and Phallon Lauderback Wright

“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. See past “This and That” posts here. – Ed.

Today: Classroom ruins

Installation view of Ilya Kabakov’s “School No. 6,” 1993, at The Chinati Foundation. Photo by Todd Eberle

Phallon Lauderback Wright, “The Kids Are Not Alright: Unearthing The Preconditioning of Madonnas and Whores,” 2022, multimedia installation, variable dimensions.

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No matter how original, innovative or crazy your idea, someone else is also working on that idea. Furthermore, they are using notation very similar to yours. – Bruce J. MacLennan