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Five Things You Can Say About the Summer's Major Protest Art Exhibition
Tiffany Jow

This week the Whitney unveils There’s So Much I Want to Say About You, a showcase by New York-based artist Sharon Hayes that devotes the museum’s entire third floor to her pieces about political protest in the twentieth century. Never heard of her before? Here’s your script:

1. “The running thesis of her work is just like Plato’s Phaedrus: words have the power to transform people’s beliefs.”

2. “Remember when she was in the 2010 Whitney BIennial? That video she did with Becca Blackwell was a total trip.”

3. “Can you believe this is her largest exhibition to date? I can’t wait to see the new film she made with Kate Millett—that chick pretty much launched the second wave of the women’s movement.”

4. “Don’t you think it’s weird that she didn’t get a solo show until last year? The Art Institute of Chicago was lucky to nail it.”

5. “I want a sign that says ‘I Am A Man’!”