African Spirits (2008), a series by photographer Samuel Fosso, that assumes the guises of political, intellectual, and cultural figures from Africa and the African diaspora |
The “Unfinished Conversations:
New Work From the Collection” Exhibit, opened last March 19, 2017 at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), includes works, made in the
past decade and recently acquired by the museum. The show ends on July 30, 2017.
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The exhibition considers the intertwining themes of social protest, the effect of history on the formation of identity, and how art juxtaposes fact and fiction. They reexamine historical moments, evoking images of the past and claiming their places within it.
Modded Server Rack Display (2015), by artist Simon Denny, with some interpretations of David Darchicourt Designs for NSA Defense Intelligence. |
They take on contemporary struggles for power, intervening into debates about government surveillance and labor exploitation.
The artists that make up this
intergenerational selection (John Akomfrah, Jonathas de Andrade, AnnaBoghiguian, Andrea Bowers, Paul Chan, Simon Denny, Samuel Fosso, Iman Issa,
Erik van Lieshout, Cameron Rowland, Wolfgang Tillmans, Adrián Villar Rojas,
Kara Walker, and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye), from Cairo to St. Petersburg, from TheHague to Recife, observe and interpret acts of state violence and the
resistance and activism they provoke.
Heritage Studies No. 5 (2015), one of three sculptures of the latest series of Iman Issa, takes inspiration from objects the Egyptian-born American artist encountered in museums |
They address current anxiety
and unrest around the world and offer critical reflections on our present
moment and, together, they look back to traditions both within and beyond the
visual arts to imagine possibilities for an uncertain future.
The title of this exhibition
is inspired by John Akomfrah’s The
Unfinished Conversation (2012), a three-channel video installation which is
included here. It chronicles the life
and work of Stuart Hall (1932–2014), the Jamaican-born British cultural
theorist who recognized the power that museum collections have to both shape
and reflect culture and communities, contending that they are sources of
inspiration “which create thought-provoking visions of our past. They provide
testimony to the darkest and brightest of human history.”
The exhibit was organized by Klaus Biesenbach (Chief Curator at
Large, The Museum of Modern Art, and Director, MoMA PS1), Lucy Gallun (Assistant Curator, Department of Photography), Thomas J. Lax (Associate Curator,
Department of Media and Performance Art), Christian
Rattemeyer (The Harvey S. Shipley Miller Associate Curator, Department of
Drawings and Prints) and Yasmil Raymond
(Associate Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture), with Elizabeth Henderson (Department
Coordinator, Office of the Chief Curator at Large).
Heritage Studies No. 9 (2015), another of three sculptures in the latest series of Iman Issa |
Unfinished
Conversations: New Work From the Collection: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), 11 West 53rd St. (between Fifth and Sixth Ave.) , New York City,
NY 10019, USA. Open 10:30 AM – 5:30 PM (8 PM on Fridays). Admission:
US$25/adult, children below 12 years old is free.
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