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Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY - photo by Robert Gerhardt

Max Ernst, “The Gramineous Bicycle Garnished with Bells the Dappled Fire Damps and the Echinoderms Bending the Spine to Look for Caresses,”  c. 1921.

“La Biciclette graminée garnie de grelots les grisons grivelés et les échinodermes courbants l’échine pour quêter des caresses”. 

Gouache, Ink, and Pencil on printed paper on paperboard. 

29 1/4 x 39 1/4″ (74.3 x 99.7 cm). 

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, 1937. © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

By Priscilla Frank 02/15/2017

In the face of prejudice, New York’s museums are not remaining silent.

The Museum of the City of New York is the latest cultural institution using art to challenge President Trump’s travel ban ― which targets citizens of seven majority-Muslim nations ― with the photography exhibition “Muslim in New York.” The show communicates in no uncertain terms that Muslim life is an essential aspect of New York’s culture.

Featuring photographs dating from 1940 to present day, the show objects to the fallacious stereotyping of Muslims through the simple yet radical act of showing them as they really are. The artists depict immigrant and American-born Muslims from multiple racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, including Arabs, Turks, Afghans, African-Americans and Latinos, showing there is no single representation of Muslim life.