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Chinatown

by Natalie Hegert
Martin Basher, Lucas Blalock, Nicholas Brooks, Sarah Chacich, Vincent Como, Rory Donaldson, Nick Kramer, Ted Riederer, Thuridur Ros Sigyrthorsdottir, Ryan Sullivan at Art in General May 20th, 2011 - July 2nd, 2011
Posted 6/5/11

Chinatown harbors many hidden secrets. In our literature, films and fantasies, it’s the perfect placefor a hideout; it’s the location of an underground deal, a secret underworld, a land of counterfeits, a dark mystery. Culturally impenetrable, Chinatown can be intimidating for the outsider—unintelligible signage, curious customs, the closeness of bodies, cars, bicycles, the shops overflowing into the street with their cheap wares, the denseness of the air, the unfamiliar miasma of fish... [more]