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Art
Jen DeNike

When

Feb 9, 2008 – Mar 16, 2008

Wednesdays–Sundays (noon–6pm)

Where
Smith-Stewart (53 Stanton St, 212.477.2821)
Price
FREE
Details
http://www.smith-stewart.com/main.html
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At the LES' cozy Amy Smith Stewart gallery, Jen DeNike presents two new videos and a photo series, disparate projects united by a recurring motif (we'll let you guess what it is). In Flag Girls, six young women wrapped in an oversized colonial American flag hum "The Star-Spangled Banner"; they then unravel themselves one by one and step off the stage. Gold Star appropriates a Scandinavian pagan ritual as five naked, moaning men circle a pile of robes and star-appointed hats. A circular series of 18 photographic collages combines Hubble telescope images of deep space (yes, stars are involved) with figures using nautical flags to spell out "What Do You Believe In."

H.G. Masters