Addressing Orientalism

Jamelie Hassan's recent exhibit Orientalism and Ephemera had me thinking and I bought Edward Said's seminal masterpiece Orientalism and I've been reading it and have been made aware of ideas of human race divisions on an entirely new level. It is a tough but interesting read so it's a bit of a joyful thing to read about some guerrila performance art aimed at American art star Matthew Barney and his lovely European wife, Bjork at Barney's opening at the SFMOMA. Interesting. It's nice to have some real world examples to help me understand all this... I'll be sure to get back to reading Orientalism.