Spaces exhibit exploring issues raised by Tamir Rice shooting could be FRONT's emotional centerpiece
Jul. 08, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Arabic word associated with the kind of date that comes from a palm tree is tamir.
You learn this from Michael Rakowitz, a 44-year-old Chicago-based conceptual artist producing what may become the emotional centerpiece of the first FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, which opens July 14 and runs through September 30 at venues across Northeast Ohio.
Entitled "A Color Removed," the Rakowitz project will be an installation accompanied by community dialogues at the nonprofit Spaces gallery, at 2900 Detroit Avenue in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood.
Orange-colored items are being collected for the upcoming art installation called "A Color Removed" from conceptual artist Michael Rakowitz at SPACES Gallery in the Hingetown neighborhood of Cleveland. The installation is conceived for the upcoming FRONT International Cleveland Triennial art exhibition. The installation will be accompanied by a community dialogue, exploring issues raised by the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, the African-American boy shot and killed by Cleveland police in November 2014 while playing in a park with a toy gun from which the orange safety tip had been removed. Rakowtiz used a community letter-writing campaign and placed collection bins around the city to seek donations of orange colored objects including traffic cones, toys, safety vests, furniture, and art materials.(Lisa DeJong, The Plain Dealer)