Sohrab Hura @ PS1
The first U.S. survey of the artist Sohrab Hura (Indian, b. 1981) includes photographs, text, film, drawing, and painting from the last twenty years of his disparate practice, exploring themes of colonialism, partition, and socio-political change.
The high-end art market is tanking. And that’s … a good thing?
And what’s selling, and what’s even being shown in museums, is really splashy, superficial stuff. It’s mostly — frankly, almost entirely — big, colorful paintings that look good over a sofa.