‘María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold’ Review: Scanning a Hazy Picture
Brooklyn, N.Y.There are lots of ways to describe María Magdalena Campos-Pons. Photographer and painter; performer and installation artist; Cubana who is both proud and critical of her birthplace; descendant of Nigerian and Cantonese ancestors; diasporic cosmopolitan who has lived in Boston, Italy and Nashville. Among this maelstrom of identities, the title of her first New York survey offers a challenge to both viewer and curator: “Behold.”Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8