Uriel Orlow's Future Tense

When I met Uriel Orlow at his first solo exhibition at Laure Gellinard gallery in London, the Swiss-born artist gave me a few pointers to decode his latest video work. Orlow's background (he is from an émigré family) resonates throughout his practice, but he's eager to point out that he's worked his way out of the cul-de-sac of identity politics. His work is an open-ended flux of questioning and self-analysis: what's the difference between a peripatetic artist, an anthropologist, and a tourist? Is history something to be untangled or muddied? Do political tensions get resolved, or just conveniently forgotten?

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