Depicting tourists eating in the restaurant of the German concentration camp, in what functioned as the intake room for new prisoners, the video offers no visual aesthetic, and the surrounding matter has been crudely rendered. Finally, Ben Long's portraits, although always welcome, seem out of place, and the limited edition etchings of Ruth Weisberg have been poorly displayed, at a strange height and angled to discourage scrutiny. This question intrigues me after seeing this provocative show. The Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, which manages Spirit Square, has extended the hours that the public can visit the center's galleries, which are curated by the Tryon Center for Visual Art. The center also will open Spirit Square's Tryon Street entrance during the monthly First Friday Gallery Crawl, starting tonight.
Admission is always free.