Gagosian Gallery
The installation’s massive scale (including sculpture, painting, photography and readymades) suggests parody. If so the object of criticism is patriotism, with Uklański investigating Polish nationalist iconography, including recent communist experience. Alternately, these multiple rooms convey an anxious new Poland unsure how to integrate its recent history into a new national identity. Closes 5/17.
Tue-Sat 10am-6pm. 522 W 21st St, between Tenth Ave and West St 212-741-1717, gagosian.com
This review will appear in the April 16 issue of The L Magazine.
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