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STAGING ACTION FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
PHOTOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE OVER THE LAST 50
YEARS
Staging Action: Performance in Photography Since
1960
January 28–May 9,
2011
The Robert and Joyce Menschel Photography Gallery, third floor
NEW YORK, December 13,
2010—Focusing on a wide range of images of performances that were
expressly made for the artist's camera, Staging Action: Performance in
Photography Since 1960 draws together approximately 50 works from the
Museum's collection, and is on view from January 28 to May 9, 2011. Though
performances are often intended to be experienced live, in real time, with
photography playing an ancillary function in recording them, these works
function as independent, expressive pictures, often staged in the absence of a
public audience. At the center of these pictures is a performer (often the
artist), posing or enacting an action conceived for the photographic lens. Among
the works on view, approximately half are recent acquisitions by MoMA, including
pieces by Laurel Nakadate, Rong Rong, Ai Weiwei, Huang Yan, and La Monte Young.
Staging Action is organized by Roxana Marcoci, Curator, and Eva Respini,
Associate Curator, Department of Photography, The Museum of Modern
Art.
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