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Christian Boltanski
Mona Hatoum
Cildo Meireles
Andres Serrano
Nancy Spero
David Wojnarowicz
Bruce Nauman
Jessica Craig-Martin
Hans Haacke
Ann Hamilton
Komar & Melamid
Robert Colescott
Louise Lawler
Dan Cameron
Selections from the New Museum Collection. Conceptual art, performance, photography, painting, political art, new media and installation are all incorporated in A Work in Progress. Organized by Senior Curator Dan Cameron, the exhibition touches on many of the key developments in contemporary art over the last 30 years and marks a renewed emphasis on building the Museum's collection. Jacqueline Fraser: "in five parts deftly and six details of straining>" and Jason Middlebrook: "Dig"
Christian Boltanski, Mona Hatoum, Cildo Meireles, Andres Serrano,
Nancy Spero and David Wojnarowicz all had their first surveys at the New
Museum of Contemporary Art. A Work in Progress includes works by
these artists and more than 40 others spanning the mid-1970s to the
present. Organized by Senior Curator Dan Cameron, the exhibition
touches on many of the key developments in contemporary art over the
last 30 years and marks a renewed emphasis on building the Museum's
collection.
Conceptual art, performance, photography, painting, political art, new
media and installation are all incorporated in A Work in Progress. At the
core of this selection are many recently acquired new works from the
Altoids Curiously Strong Collection by young artists such as Laylah Ali,
Jessica Craig-Martin, Sue de Beer, Sam Durant, Eve Fowler, Mark
Lombardi, and Fatimah Tuggar. A historical context for this selection is
provided through the inclusion of key pieces from the 1970s and 1980s by
ACT UP (Gran Fury), Robert Colescott, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Hans
Haacke, Ann Hamilton, Tehching Hsieh, Komar & Melamid, Louise
Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Cildo Meireles, Bruce Nauman, Andres Serrano,
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Camilo Jose Vergara, Krysztof Wodiczko and David
Wojnarowicz.
A Work in Progress marks an assessment of the New Museum's
collecting policy and coincides with the formulation of a new set of
guidelines.
A Work in Progress is supported in part by the Producers Council, by
Patron level and New Group members.
Jacqueline Fraser: A PORTRAIT OF THE LOST BOYS
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For her first New York exhibition, Jacqueline Fraser creates a labyrinthine
site-specific installation of eleven life-size female wire figures draped in
sumptuous pink, black and brown fabrics alongside the heads of young
boys, also sculpted in wire. The beauty and fragility of the materials
contrast sharply with the harsh subject matter of the work. Through the
story of the premature death of a local New Zealand boy, accompanying
texts address the disenfranchisement of youth in society today. Fraser
recently represented New Zealand in the 2001 Venice Biennale.
Organized by Anne Barlow.
The presentation of A PORTRAIT OF THE LOST BOYS is made
possible with the support of the Consulate General of New Zealand.
JASON MIDDLEBROOK: Dig
05 October 2001 - 03 February 2002
Using artificial materials to build fake layers of earth, stones, plants,
roots, and wild ground cover, New Yorker Jason Middlebrook has created
Dig, a site-specific project designed for the ledge above the New Museum
Store. The installation mimics an excavation site as if a hole were cut
directly through the floor of the Museum revealing the ground beneath. Dig
continues the artist's exploration of the division between nature and
culture and brings to life the physical and geologic history lying below the
steel and concrete of New York City. Organized by William Stover.
Dig is made possible with the support of the Producers Council.