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"Assemblance; If it's not love, it's the bomb"
2004-02-01 until 2004-02-15
Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA United States of America

Curated by first-year students in the Center's graduate program, "If it's not love, it's the bomb" present works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection, on permanent loan to the Center. If it's not love, it's the Bomb... - curated by Cecilia Alemani, Lyra Kilston, Jyeong Yeon Kim, Risa Puleo, Yasmeen Siddiqui, and Pelin Uran - surveys works that utilize different media to address political and cultural traumas.

The selected works attempt to reconcile difficult histories through the resurrection of personal and cultural memories. This survey crosses experiential divides and examines the artists' continued proximity to the events they depict. Artists include Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanksi, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Mona Hatoum, Jenny Holzer, William Kentridge, Anselm Kiefer, Barbara Kruger, Glenn Ligon, Doris Salcedo, and Kenneth Shorr.

If it's not love, it's the Bomb... will be on show at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, February 1–15, alongside two other exhibitions—Assemblance and s u s p e n d e d  s t a t e. Curated by first-year students in the Center's graduate program, the exhibitions present works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection, on permanent loan to the Center. The exhibitions and the reception are open to the public without charge.

Programs at the Center, including the first-year exhibitions, are supported by the Friends of the Center for Curatorial Studies and by the Center’s annual benefit for student scholarships and exhibitions. Three groups of curatorial thesis exhibitions—curated by second-year students in the graduate program in curatorial studies and contemporary art—will be on view March 7 through March 21, April 4 through April 18, and May 9 through May 23. f more than 16,000 books, exhibition catalogues, and artist files. The Center museum, in its 9,500-square-foot exhibition space, presents changing exhibitions focused on innovative curatorial practices.

Programs at the Center, including the first-year exhibitions, are supported by the Friends of the Center for Curatorial Studies and by the Center’s annual benefit for student scholarships and exhibitions. Three groups of curatorial thesis exhibitions—curated by second-year students in the graduate program in curatorial studies and contemporary art—will be on view March 7 through March 21, April 4 through April 18, and May 9 through May 23.

IMAGE
Barbara Kruger
Untitled (Questions)
1991
Photographic Silkscreen on vinyl
Marieluise Hessel Collection
On permanent loan to the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College


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