Sanja Ivekovic, Sweet Violence @ the MOMA

Much credit must be given to Sanja Ivekovic for her groundbreaking feminist work.  She is also known as part of the New Art Practice in Yugoslavia.  This exhibit, is the first time her work is being held at a museum.  And while, her work takes a deep look at politics from communist to post-communist political systems, I was troubled by the violent stories of women juxtaposed with glamour shots.  Perhaps that was her point, the paradoxes with which we view actions in society.  This was a powerful exhibit which stands to make us stop and think about what is happening and what we tend to gloss over in daily life.  I did leave the exhibit provoked by what I saw.  There is a warning prior to entering the exhibit of its violent content.  Perhaps, you'll make time to see the Diego Rivera murals before leaving the MOMA.