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Blind Spot (Punto ciego)

Regina José Galindo2010

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation
New York, United States

This video, which documents a performance by the artist, is a meditation on human relations and perception. Regina José Galindo is shown completely nude and standing on a pedestal as if she were a sculpture. Though seemingly inviting of voyeurism, the tone of the work shifts dramatically as the gallery fills with an audience of blind people, who gradually begin to move their hands over the artist’s body with a mix of curiosity and mockery. Here, touch replaces sight as the primary way of knowing the world, and the work offers a metaphor for the revelatory capacity of art and the possibility of contact between subject and object, self and other.

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  • Title: Blind Spot (Punto ciego)
  • Creator: Regina José Galindo
  • Date Created: 2010
  • Physical Dimensions: A.P. 1/3, edition of 5
  • Type: Film/Video
  • Rights: Copyright Regina José Galindo
  • External Link: Guggenheim UBS MAP
  • Medium: Digital color video, with sound, 17 min., 2 sec.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation

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