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Art: Photography

Omar Mullick: Can't Take It With You

Call it Omar Mullick's 21st-century angle on The Americans. For his first solo show, the photographer hyphenates Robert Frank's landmark observance of the mid-century outsider with intimate, telltale documents of Muslim American life across our land of the free. Collected over seven years and with a title lifted from a Radiohead opening line, this exhibit offers a keen eye into the behind-the-veil aspects of the Muslim community, gracefully capturing madrasahs and halfway houses, children and the elderly. And by stilling the scenes in black and white, Mullick daisy-chains his democratic account to past chronicles of the ever-nebulous American experience.

– Jason Jude Chan

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    Omar I am so proud of you man. Great work by a beautiful human being ! Flo

    By florio on 10/06/2009 at 09:15 am
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    Wow. These photographs are breathtaking. Will be there in a heartbeat. Looks like Boing Boing covered him too - http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/02/an-interview-with-om.html http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/29/cant-take-it-with-yo.html

    By astroboy on 10/06/2009 at 09:59 am
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    Amazing work. Anticipate a great energy...The images capture such a positive and diverse picture of Muslims in the American Landscape. I'm sure it will stir up some controversy...Inshallah the chatter will clarify and bring people together.

    By Yusuf on 10/06/2009 at 02:28 pm
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    Amazing opening! Truly beautiful and original work. A must see for anyone in NY or who can travel here to see it.

    By leesla on 10/09/2009 at 06:08 pm
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