Drawing upon the aesthetics of cooking shows, beauty tutorials, home improvement television, and more, Brooklyn based artist Ilana Harris-Babou subverts the affirming messages and shiny surfaces of our aspirational culture in her video and sculptural work.

Ilana Harris-Babou was born in 1991 in Brooklyn, NY where she currently lives and works. Learn more about the artist at: art21.org/ilanaharrisbabou

CREDITS |
"New York Close Up" Series Producer: Nick Ravich.
Director & Producer: Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung
Executive Producer: Tina Kukielski
Editor: Kira Dane
Cinematography: Sean Hanley, Jia Li
Sound: Carver Audain, Ana Fernández
Assistant Curator: Jurrell Lewis
Color Correction: Max Blecker
Sound Design & Mix: Collin Blendell
Design & Graphics: Chips
Music: Folly Tree, The Ladyproducer, SPEARFISHER
Assistant Editor: Michelle Hanks, Ilona Szekeres
Artwork Courtesy: Ilana Harris-Babou
Archival Courtesy: ICA Chattanooga, North Light Imaging
Thanks: Candice Madey Gallery, Joe Fusaro, Sheila Harris, Storefront for Art and Architecture

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“New York Close Up” is made possible with support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Every Page Foundation, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Henry Nias Foundation, and individual contributors.

TRANSLATIONS
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