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Contemporary Art Archive - Tbilisi

Archive of Academic Writings

2021 Edition of the Project is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Youth of Georgia

Al Jolson

Installation

Luka Lasareishvili

tap dance shoes, wood, glass
1996
50x40x25 cm.

Two pairs of tap dance shoes -one in white, the other in black- are placed under a glass cube on a black and white wooden base. The object is accompanied by the sounds from an original song and tap dance performance of the legendary Al Jolson, a white tap dancer who used to colour his face black for his performances.

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