“I’m not trying to build a rational argument,” the video artist Tony Cokes explains, “as much as I’m attempting to set up a series of relations.” The artist’s bold, bright pieces combine sight and sound—television, music, and text—to form dissonant streams of consciousness. Provocative phrases on the subjects of capitalism, racism, and gentrification come as a jolt. And yet everything connects. This is Coke’s first solo show in Germany. —Thalia Bonas
The Arts Intel Report
Tony Cokes: Some Munich Moments, 1937–1972
“Tony Cokes” at Haus der Kunst.
When
June 10 – Oct 23, 2022
Where
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Photo: Stan Narten