“There is another world, but it is in this one,” said Surrealist poet Paul Éluard. In this exhibition, artists look to the future, imagining how we move forward from the tumultuous events of the past year. [read more]
Art in the Plague Year is an online exhibition organized by UCR ARTS: California Museum of Photography and curated by Douglas McCulloh, Nikolay Maslov, and Rita Sobreiro Souther. UCR ARTS’s programs are supported by UCR College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, the City of Riverside, Altura Credit Union, and Anheuser-Busch.
All works in this exhibition are reproduced with permission of the artists/copyright holders. Works (images, video, audio or other content) must not be used or reproduced for any purposes other than fair use without prior consent of the artists.
(b. 1964, New York. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY)
Superstition
Deanne Sokolin had just recovered from Covid-19 when she began her project Superstition. The artist creates new meaning using old rituals and commemorates the process in photographs. Her central goal is to explore and expand identity. “Overall, my work addresses the importance of reimagining rituals as a way to foster the development of new Jewish culture.” In this work she draws on a range of influences— Bauhaus photography, Surrealism, and Conceptual Art—to reimagine a time-honored Jewish custom of warding off the evil eye. It is performance, art-making, and the creation of new rituals for a new time.
