"For us, the idea of having a work that has contradictions is very important—when, in affirming something, it includes itself and attacks itself. How can you put together all of these things that have nothing to do with each other? You use glue! Glue can be an idea, a word. You can use an ideological glue."
SHORT: Josiah McElheny: "The Alpine Cathedral and the City-Crown"
From the series, "Exclusive"
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Josiah McElheny discusses his installation "The Alpine Cathedral and the City-Crown" (2007) at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Producer: Wesley Miller & Nick Ravich. Camera & Sound: Nick Ravich. Editor: Jennifer Chiurco. Artwork courtesy: Josiah McElheny. Thanks: The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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