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Kemper ARTcast 2: On the Couch With Artist Nancy Hwang

Nancy Hwang, This is not a couch, February 2008
photo: Robert Bingaman, Kemper Museum
Nancy Hwang, This is not a couch, February 2008

Artist Nancy Hwang has been speaking with visitors in the Kemper Museum's Atrium for the month of February about her site specific project entitled This is not a couch.

By Drew Bolton

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Kansas City, MO – Nancy Hwang is seated on a couch waiting to connect with people. Her goal is to break down social barriers and build bridges between people in Kansas City.

MUSIC: "Symmetry" (2007), by Kansas City group Monta at Odds. In a recent exhibition at Review Studios, artist Jorge Garcia Almodovar's wall piece called "Untitled (Symmetry)" (2007) used a sound-activated electronic color organ, which translated this song.

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