What Is Painting?
dal 5/7/2007 al 16/9/2007
Segnalato da
5/7/2007
What Is Painting?
The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA, New York
Contemporary Art from the Collection. A selection of artworks made since approximately 1965, including a number of recent acquisitions and many works displayed for the first time since the Museum's reopening. From figurative to abstract; and from an embrace and creative reimagining of painting's possibilities to a critical engagement with its limits.
Contemporary Art from the Collection
Organized by Anne Umland, Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture
What Is Painting? is the fourth in a series of installations drawn from the Museum's collection of contemporary art. It presents a selection of artworks made since approximately 1965, including a number of recent acquisitions and many works displayed for the first time since the Museum's reopening. A variety of responses to the question "What is painting?" are proposed in loose chronological sequence, ranging from ironic to sincere; from figurative to abstract; and from an embrace and creative reimagining of painting's possibilities to a critical engagement with its limits. The installation's title derives from John Baldessari's eponymous painting of 1968 (with the addition of a question mark), acknowledging the ongoing debates over the practice of painting and its place within contemporary art.
Image: Beatriz Milhazes. Succulent Eggplants. 1996. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 74 3/4 x 96 1/2" (189.9 x 245.1 cm). Gift of Agnes Gund and Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest Fund. © 2007 Beatriz Milhazes
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