Parachute: Contemporary Art Magazine, April 1st, 1996
"Amazon of the North: James Bay Revisited" comprised several shows at once: documentation of Hydro-Quebec's interventions in Northern Quebec; reiteration of the vulnerability of the Cree people inhabiting the region; and an exhibition of politically-based art intended to bring awareness through formal expressiveness. Considered as a political declaration, the exhibition was both evocative and powerful. German collaborators Rainer Wittenborn and Claus Biegert, artist and journalist, respectively, sought to make a statement that would resonate across time. They shied away from haranguing their...
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