“Contemporary art’s storytelling power has been the subject of numerous shows of late, from Gowanus to the Guggenheim, and Story of a Story at Brooklyn nonprofit Smack Mellon offers still more evidence of the novel forms narratives can take. One unexpectedly popular tactic in the 13-artist show, which was curated by Shlomit Dror, is a kind of forensic approach that asks viewers to parse collections of found objects, watch methodical dissections, and solve puzzles. This formal tendency — let’s call it “the CSI sensibility” — accounts for several of this generally strong show’s most compelling works.”
http://hyperallergic.com/223735/dissecting-and-detecting-stories-in-found-objects-and-remnants/
