UNTITLED/WHITECAT

“The exhibit’s inflammatory title, Commission for Treasonous Strategies, is somewhat misleading. Freeman and Slifer appear more artist/scholars than provocateurs, and the exhibit presents reminders of the violence, literal as well as ideological, that runs through American history. Done up in the elegant colors we now expect of high-end art as well as history museums, the exhibit fully exercises the art of display with decorative pedestals, brass plaques and velvet cushions that are far from typical in this contemporary art space…”