This is an uninspired re-staging of Kilfa’s intriguing installation at Camden Art Centre, only assembled opaquely and with a couple of extra but missable works.
Atiéna R. Kilfa Primitive Tales
Primitive Tales
Cabinet, London
★☆☆☆☆
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Michaël Borremans
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Borremans toys with his subjects, his audience, and with art history.
Pauline Boty
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This exhibition mixes the woman and her legend, but without the air of mystery she enjoyed during her lifetime.
Abel Auer
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Eva Kot’átková
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