Kader Attia, "Show your injuries"

The work of the French-Algerian Attia is informed by his experience as an immigrant, growing up in the Parisian suburbs between two very different cultures that haven't meshed particularly well. Like a lot of artists from nonwestern backgrounds, he faces the rather knotty problem of making it in a contemporary art world that, however global, is ultimately based on Western aesthetics. Nonetheless, Attia has pressed ahead with new installations for Lehmann Maupin's Chelsea and LES locations. He links Western art to colonialism and neocolonialism, evoking the deleterious effects of both in his show title.