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Writer Carmen Maria Machado Turns Curator for a Subversive New Show in New York
“It’s not me coming at it from the perspective of an art historian or something, it’s more me asking, What is my creative response to this work?” says Machado of “The Object of Power is Power,” an exhibition of the work of Rocío García.
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According to Vogue’s source item, Writer Carmen Maria Machado Turns Curator for a Subversive New Show in New York, “It’s not me coming at it from the perspective of an art historian or something, it’s more me asking, What is my creative response to this work?” says Machado of “The Object of Power is Power,” an exhibition of the work of Rocío García.
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