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On View through June 6, 2010

Saints & Spirits: The Art of Haiti

While the world tries to comprehend the magnitude of loss and devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Haiti, the arts community of New Orleans has responded with an intense identification that befits the close geographical, historical and cultural ties between Haiti and South Louisiana.

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On View: December 19, 2009 - May 2, 2010

Aïda Ruilova: The Singles 1999 - Now

Combining classical cinematic devices with a distinctively jarring, low-tech sensibility, New York-based artist Aïda Ruilova creates dark, narrative video work. Aïda Ruilova: The Singles 1999 - Now presents a survey of the artist's single-channel video work since 1999. Ruilova is one of a young generation of artists who employ media in innovative ways with a do-it-yourself aesthetic, often drawing upon contexts - like cinema, music, and popular culture - that exist outside the art world.

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On View: January 14 - April 11, 2010

Mario Petrirena installation at the CAC

Petrirena has developed a personal iconography of memory and fragmentation that permeates much of his work, but is particularly important to his approach to installation art.

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On View: January 23 - June 6, 2010

HARRY SHEARER: The Silent Echo Chamber

HARRY SHEARER: THE SILENT ECHO CHAMBER is a multi-screen video installation by the award-winning American comedic actor, writer, musician, and radio host best known for his regular Saturday Night Live appearances, for his role as Derek Smalls in This is Spinal Tap, and for providing many voices for the popular television series The Simpsons. The Silent Echo Chamber is the newest video work by Shearer, and is presented on nine plasma monitors.

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