AGAINST DESIGN
dal 3/2/2000 al 16/4/2000
Segnalato da
3/2/2000
AGAINST DESIGN
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
This thematic exhibition brings together an international group of ten
younger artists whose work consciously blurs the boundaries between
art, architecture and design, autonomous sculpture and functional
object, environmental installation and interior décor. These artists
include: Kevin Appel (Los Angeles); Angela Bulloch (Great Britain);
Clay Ketter (Sweden); Roy McMakin (Los Angeles); Jorge Pardo (Los
Angeles); Tobias Rehberger (Germany); Joe Scanlan (Chicago); Joep van
Lieshout (the Netherlands); Pae White (Los Angeles); and Andrea Zittel
(New York/Los Angeles). The exhibition draws upon sources in high art,
including Minimalism and formalism, as well as industrial design from
the 1930s-1960s, and architecture from the 1920s-1960s. While the
'look' of the work may have its initial impetus in the clean-lined
rationality of Bauhaus design, it is then injected with unexpected,
idiosyncratic, and improvisatory elements.
This exhibition is made possible by an Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition
Award. The Exhibition Award program was founded in 1998 to honor Emily
Hall Tremaine. It rewards innovation and experimentation among curators
by supporting thematic exhibitions that challenge audiences and expand
the boundaries of contemporary art.
Additional support has been generously provided by the Pennsylvania
Council on the Arts, and the friends and members of the Institute of
Contemporary Art.
LOCATION:
University of Pennsylvania
118 South 36 Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: [215] 898.7108
Fax: [215] 898.5050