Not exact matches
Nowhere in the museum is the sometimes fractious give and take between immersiveness and permeability more evident than in the divisions among the inaugural exhibitions, whose
premise seems to be the partnership between inside — the museum and its
curatorial staff — and a different sort of outside, the community of collector — donors.
Gioni's
curatorial premise, not to mention Allora & Calzadilla's installation,
seems to take this notion to heart, reminding humankind that new systems of sustainability are inevitable on a planet that has been irrevocably altered by the careless endeavors of its inhabitants and also suggests that earth's only hope for survival may be found within the unpredictable landscape of the mind.
The
premise seemed symptomatic of a
curatorial compulsion to occupy niches perhaps not crying to be filled.