This exhibition is typical of a certain kind of revisionist history of modern art that emphasises continuities with the 19th century.
The strength of "Chloé Attitudes" (until Nov. 18) is just that: an attitude that takes the exhibition beyond a typical fashion celebration of a brand's 60th birthday.
Further on, a typical exhibition documentary plays opposite a wall checkered with photographs of Dalí hanging out at Max's Kansas City and admiring quotations from Alfred Hitchcock, Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons.
A typical exhibition before the move might have been about Newark's cemeteries; since then, shows have focused on livelier topics like baseball, with plenty of interactive displays.
Even Sampras, 10 years Federer's senior, finished their three-match Asian jaunt on the winning side, albeit on a court so fast that the result was more suspect than the typical exhibition, or X/O, as the players call them.
It is less a typical science exhibition than a typical "identity" exhibition.
The competition level should be much higher than the typical summer exhibition.
As with all of Mr. Gréaud's work, "Cellar Door" isn't limited to one place or time, nor to the conventions of a typical museum exhibition.
"We're trying to take tech out of the lab and fictionalise it in a format that people are familiar with, to make it more accessible than the typical architecture exhibition".
For that showing in Santa Monica and half a dozen other cities like Rochester, N.Y., and Fort Worth, Texas, was not your typical museum exhibition.
