John Miller on Staging Scenes and Becoming a Mannequin

Since his student days at Cal Arts in the 1970s, John Miller has been critiquing Western politics and consumerism. Miller’s exhibition “The Collapse of Neoliberalism,” on view at Metro Pictures, New York, through March 14, features new photographs, installations, and a video in response to the current political mood. The artist stages scenes with mannequins, reflecting the scripts and patterns that mediate everyday life. In his latest video Toll Free (2019), a camera panning a