2021/10/27

Ryan Kuo Overwrites Whitney Museum Website, Highlighting the Complexities of Hate, Racism, and Exclusion

The latest entry in the Whitney’s Sunset/Sunrise series of commissioned Internet artworks that mark sunset and sunrise in New York City every day, Ryan Kuo’s Hateful Little Thing overwrites the museum’s web pages with text snippets that reflect the artist’s experiences—“frustrations”—as an Asian-American. By creating its own version of exhibition labels, Hateful Little Thing addresses the act of taking up “white space” and highlights the complexities of hate, racism, and exclusion.

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