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Ragnar Kjartansson: Politics of the Obvious

Buffalo AKG Art Museum · Buffalo
On view September 4, 2026 to January 31, 2027

In the video Scenes from Western Culture (The Boat) (2015), for example, an elegantly dressed couple repeatedly and languidly sets off into a tranquil sea; the man stays the same while the woman seems to keep changing. Their evident wealth and ease, coupled with the impossible beauty of their setting, constitute the stuff of glossy travel brochures, the carefully constructed advertising tropes that wallpaper an office worker’s imaginary.

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