Culture in a Cage
Museum News, Mar. Spring 1993, p. 17
In The Year of the White Bear Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gomez-Pena perform in a cage dressed up as recently discovered inhabitants of the island of Guatinau.
The Year of the White Bear references the World Fair's Columbian Exposition in Chicago where so-called 'exotic' people were displayed as living dioramas to the locals.
ITEM 1993.095 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
The Year of the White Bear – Guillermo Gomez-Pena
The Year of the White Bear – Coco Fusco