Wherever We Go
dal 9/5/2007 al 14/9/2007
Segnalato da
Adel Abdessemed
Yael Bartana
Banu Cennetoglu
Latifa Echakhch
Ni Haifeng
Huang Yong-Ping
Mella Jaarsma
Koo Jeong-A
Tsuyoshi Ozawa
Adrian Paci
Shen Yuan
Nari Ward
Nindityo Adipurnomo
Kristine Alksne
Maria Thereza Alves
Keren Amiran
Carlos Amorales
Maja Bajevic
Danica Dakic
Magali Claude
H. H. Lim
Elena Nemkova
Pascale Marthine Tayou
Hou Hanru
Gabi Scardi
9/5/2007
Wherever We Go
San Francisco Art Institute - SFAI, San Francisco
Art, Identity, Cultures in Transit. Informed by subtle reflections on theese mutating concepts, each of the works in this group exhibition is the fruit of a reflection-action that recounts things about the place where its maker was born, but also about where he or she now lives. Thus, identities are represented and exemplified as no longer fixed once and for all, but as floating free, as resisting the urge to be oversimplified and boxed in. Curated by Hou Hanru and Gabi Scardi .
Art, Identity, Cultures in Transit
curated by Hou Hanru and Gabi Scardi
The opening reception for the US debut of Wherever We Go: Art, Identity, Cultures in
Transit will be held at the Walter and McBean Galleries on the SFAI campus on
Thursday, 10 May 2007 from 5:30 to 7:30pm.
In Wherever We Go: Art, Identity, Cultures in Transit, the concept of identity--like
the artists in the exhibition themselves--has taken leave, at least partially, of
its origins. For here identity is defined in terms not so much of geographical roots
as of cultural experiences and relationships. Informed by subtle reflections on this
mutating concept, each of the works in the exhibition is the fruit of a
reflection-action that recounts things about the place where its maker was born, but
also about where he or she now lives. Thus, identities are represented and
exemplified as no longer fixed once and for all, but as floating free, as resisting
the urge to be oversimplified and boxed in. This process also makes a significant
impact on the transformation of each locality the migrants travel to and settle in.
An open field for comparisons and a mise-en-scene of crucial contemporary
questions, Wherever We Go is curated by Hou Hanru and Gabi Scardi and first
premiered in October 2006 at the Spazio Oberdan in Milan. Presented in association
with the Province of Milan and the Museo della Fotografia Contemporanea, the
exhibition comprises fifty works by twenty-three artists.
The artists for phase 1 of the exhibition, which runs from 11 May to 7 July 2007,
are Adel Abdessemed; Yael Bartana; Banu Cennetoglu; Latifa Echakhch; Ni Haifeng;
Huang Yong-Ping; Mella Jaarsma; Koo Jeong-A; Tsuyoshi Ozawa; Adrian Paci; Shen Yuan;
and Nari Ward.
The artists for phase 2 of the exhibition, which runs from 20 July to 15 September
2007, are Nindityo Adipurnomo; Kristine Alksne; Maria Thereza Alves; Keren Amiran;
Carlos Amorales; Maja Bajevic and Danica Dakic; Magali Claude; H. H. Lim; Elena
Nemkova; and Pascale Marthine Tayou.
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue containing color photographs and
biographies of the artists as well as critical essays by Elvan Zabunyan, Gilane
Tawadros, Pier Luigi Tazzi, and the two curators.
Support for Wherever We Go has been provided by Paule Anglim and Deitch Projects,
New York. SFAI’s exhibitions and public programs are supported in part by the Grants
for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund.
opening may 10, 2007
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