November 19, 2015 – January 24, 2016
Opening Reception: November 19, 6-8pm
CENTRAL BOOKING GALLERY, 21 Ludlow Street, New York, NY 10002 United States
Curator: Maddy Rosenberg
Participants: Brandstifter, Charley Friedman, Noah Fuller and John Kuo Wei Tchen, Bram Harris, Todd Herman, Patricia Olynyk, Geraldine Ondrizek, Jeffrey Allen Price, Barbara Rosenthal, Rosary Solimanto, Sarah Stengle, Melissa Stern
Misinterpretation of scientific findings seems to be a dangerous enough practice but the prevalence of beliefs in pseudo-sciences can have even a more devastating effect when they “prove” cultural prejudices. We may laugh at phrenology and its simplification of physiognomy, but at one time it was a serious segment of the science of criminology. Even more toxic and lasting is eugenics, embraced by those in every place of power specifically in this country and the UK- and used by the Nazis as a basis for their own horrific campaign against those they deemed “unfit.” It pervaded the laws and the culture – and created myths of immigrants that are still difficult to dispel
