Not exact matches
Forbes described this
exhibition as possibly «the
most important and
timely [art]
exhibition of the year.»
With the U.S. / Mexico border being one of the
most contentious political issues right now, an
exhibition opening on February 18 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, couldn't be more
timely.
This
exhibition traces a narrative of Schor's work since the early 90s to the present, from Semi-colon in a Flesh Comma (1994) which punctuates the text of the female body, and Undue — a section of War Frieze, her major 1991-1994 200 - running feet long multiple canvas work on militarism and aggression, painted in the aftermath of the first Gulf War but still as
timely today — through representations of the nature of artmaking itself — the sign, the trace — to the empty thought balloon when grief has left the artist at a loss for words, to her
most recent works schematically figuring the artist as thinker, reader, writer in an uncertain world.
«Catherine Opie: Empty and Full is a
timely exhibition by an important artist, whose work continues to pose and frame questions about the
most basic human values: love, community, family, and freedom,» says Jill Medvedow, director of the ICA.