Worldwide Wigs: Kutlug Ataman and the Global Art Documentary

A case study of the twin phenomena of the globalized art world's embrace of a non-Western artist and its simultaneous embrace of documentary as seen in the works of Kutlug Ataman is offered. Lebow pays special attention to Küba and Women Who Wear Wigs, both as installations in and of themselves and through their journeys in the so-called global art world. In addition to being formally challenging works, especially with regard to sound and duration, they also resonate with very particular and considerable concerns related to the question of how these images may play within and outside of Turkey.