Format this e-mail for: Web browser | mobile device THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART'S PERFORMING HISTORIES (1) FOCUSES ON SET OF WORKS THAT CHALLENGE AND ENGAGE WITH HISTORY Performing Histories (1) September 12, 2012-March 11, 2013 The Yoshiko and Akio Morita Gallery, second floor NEW YORK, August 23, 2012–The Museum of Modern Art presents Performing Histories (1), the first of a two-part exhibition of media artworks that engage with history in various ways, from September 12, 2012, to March 11, 2013, in the Yoshiko and Akio Morita Gallery. Bringing together nine works which have recently entered the Museum's collection of Media and Performance Art, the exhibition reflects the variety of the artists' practices, perspectives, and backgrounds, and raises questions about how the past is constructed and how it can inform the present and the future. Featured in the exhibition are works by Kader Attia (French, b. 1970), Andrea Fraser (American, b. 1965), Ion Grigorescu (Romanian, b. 1945), Sharon Hayes (American, b. 1970), Dorit Margreiter (Austrian, b. 1967), Deimantas Narkevičius (Lithuanian, b. 1964), and Martha Rosler (American, b. 1943). Performing Histories (1) is organized by Sabine Breitwieser, Chief Curator, with Martin Hartung, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Media and Performance Art. The practices exemplified in the works on view, which include revisiting existing narratives and examining one's own cultural, social, and personal history, are not bound to a specific medium. They are part of a critical artistic practice in which artists have a general interest in revealing unknown aspects or even constructing new perspectives on history. In recent decades, artists have increasingly employed a performative approach in dialogue with cinematic and photographic mediums, such as film, slide projection, video, and photography to provide new readings of history and open it to a multitude of narratives. for complete press release. Downloadable high-resolution images CONTACT: Paul Jackson 212-708-9593 Email Department of Communications 212-708-9431 pressoffice@moma.org First Image: Andrea Fraser. Soldadera (Scenes from Un banquete en Tetlapayac, a film by Olivier Debroise). 1998/2001. Two-channel video installation (color, sound), 5-page facsimile letter from Frances Flynn Paine to Mrs. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Installation view, Modernologies, MACBA, 2009. © Photographer: Tony Coll. Courtesy of Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA). Second Image: Deimantas Narkevičius. Once in the XX Century. 2004. 16mm film transferred to video (color, sound). 8 min. Acquired through the generosity of The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art and Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds. © 2012 Deimantas Narkevičius The Museum of Modern Art | 11 West 53 Street | New York, NY 10019 To ensure you receive our e-mail, make sure you add support@enews-moma.org to your address book. If you prefer not to receive future email from The Museum of Modern Art, please .