Critical Writing Index

The Axeman Cometh: Raphael Oritz's Avant-Garde Alchemy Moves Into the Digital Age

by Scott Macdonald

The Independent, Oct. 1994, v. 17, no. 8, pp. 27-31

This article discusses the intersection of avante-garde and ethnically-based pieces in media work. He focuses on the work of Raphael Montanez Oritz who is breaking away from the straight forward dissemination of marginalized ethnic issues - taking instead, a wildly experimental approach.

ITEM 1994.059 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Cowboy and Indian Film, Newsreel, The Kiss, Dance Number One, My Father's DeadRaphael Montanez Oritz