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Dreaming of a brighter, more fantastical world

Kingelez’s take on the U.N. “In this palace, peace is an indispensable tool for the democracy of nations,” he said of the work

ON THE OPENING WALL LABEL FOR THE MUSEUM of Modern Art’s Bodys Isek Kingelez retrospective, the curators have compiled a list of materials deployed by the visionary Congolese artist “roughly organized from most to least prevalent.” To create his wildly complex, fantastical cityscapes, Kingelez used a wealth of commonplace materials and found objects, according to the inventory studiously prepared by conservators and

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