2000 Spring Exhibitions: Group 1
CCS Bard Galleries
The spring exhibitions at the Center for Curatorial Studies include ten exhibitions shown in two groups curated by second-year students in the Center’s graduate program in curatorial studies and contemporary art. The students have organized these exhibitions as part of their final master’s degree thesis.
Paintings and photographs by Jeannette Christensen, Julie Heffernan, Matts Leiderstam, and Cindy Sherman paraphrase old master paintings to investigate stereotypes and assumptions in portraiture.
The works explore the interests that artists Richard Hawkins and Karen Kilimnik have in popular icons. Producing seemingly personal “takes” on the famous and beautiful, the artists suggest that their individual fascination is not unlike the public’s collective understanding of media subjects.
Sculpture, photographs, and a video by Tom Burr, D-L Alvarez, Dean Sameshima, and Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset that reveals the specialized languages of the different locations where anonymous sex occurs and contemporary art is exhibited.
Visual presentations and public discussions continue an interdisciplinary collaboration between Superflex and Bard College students.