Art about identity politics, personal history, and cultural heritage is seen all too rarely in Bushwick galleries, where formal and material concerns tend to dominate. Made in USA / Some Parts Imported, a group show curated by Naomi Reis and Heidi Lau at Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York, remedies this tendency toward cultural placelessness with works by 10 artists who are based in the US but were born or raised in other countries. Though their experiences of mixed heritage and cultural hybridity don’t manifest in one specific aesthetic trend, there are some recurring approaches.
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