Mind and Matter
dal 4/5/2010 al 15/8/2010
Segnalato da
Louise Bourgeois
Gego
Mona Hatoum
Yayoi Kusama
Anna Maria Maiolino
Alina Szapocznikow
Atsuko Tanaka
Alexandra Schwartz
Sarah Suzuki
4/5/2010
Mind and Matter
The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA, New York
Alternative Abstractions, 1940s to Now. This exhibition of works by three generations of women artists explores issues ranging from the body and sexuality to architecture, incorporating a vocabulary of abstract forms. International in scope, this installation highlights work in both two and three dimensions, in drawings, prints, books, and sculpture. Among the artists featured are Louise Bourgeois, Gego, Mona Hatoum, Yayoi Kusama, and Anna Maria Maiolino, all of whom the Museum has collected in depth.
Organized by Alexandra Schwartz and Sarah Suzuki
This exhibition of works by three generations of women artists explores issues ranging from the body and sexuality to architecture, incorporating a vocabulary of abstract forms. International in scope, this installation highlights work in both two and three dimensions, in drawings, prints, books, and sculpture. Among the artists featured are Louise Bourgeois, Gego, Mona Hatoum, Yayoi Kusama, and Anna Maria Maiolino, all of whom the Museum has collected in depth.
New acquisitions on view for the first time at MoMA include Louise Bourgeois’s drawing Femme Maison (1947), sculpture, prints, and drawings by Alina Szapocznikow, and drawing and prints by Atsuko Tanaka. This installation is organized by Alexandra Schwartz, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings, and Sarah Suzuki, The Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Assistant Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books, The Museum of Modern Art.
This exhibition is presented in conjunction with MoMA’s publication of Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art (June 2010), and is made possible by the Modern Women’s Fund.
Image: Yayoi Kusama, Violet Obsession, 1994. Sewn and stuffed fabric over rowboat and oars. 43 1/4" x 12' 6 3/8" x 70 7/8" (109.8 x 381.9 x 180 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Duke, 1996 © 2010 Yayoi Kusama
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Opening May 5 2010
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