Other works in the exhibition include Jorge Pardo's handcrafted wooden palette and modernist designed furniture that question the nature of the
aesthetic experience; pioneering conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth's discourse on aesthetics in neon, An Object Self - Defined, 1966; Rachel Lachowicz's 1992 row of urinals cast in red lipstick, which delivers a feminist critique of Duchamp's readymade; Richard Pettibone's paintings of photographs of Fountain; Richard Phillips»
recent paintings based on Gerhard Richter's highly valued work; Miami artist Tom Scicluna's neon sign, «Interest in Aesthetics,» a critique of the use of aesthetics in Fort Lauderdale's ordinance on homelessness; the French collaborative Claire Fontaine's lightbox highlighting Duchamp's critical comments about art juries; Corey Arcangel's video Apple Garage Band Auto Tune Demonstration, 2007, which tweaks the concept of aesthetics in the digital age; Bernd and Hilla Becher's photographs, Four Water Towers, 1980, that reveal the potential for
aesthetic choices within the same typological structures; and works by Elad Lassry and Steven Baldi, who explore the
aesthetic history of photography.
«time / frame,» The Jack S Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, January 25 — July 28, 2002 «Fifty Years of Supporting the New: The Charles H Carpenter Jr Collection,» Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, September 22 — December 31, 2002 «In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr,» Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (organizer), Charles H Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI, January 12 — August 4, 2002; traveled to Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL, September 7 — December 1, 2002; Frederick R Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN, January 19 — April 6, 2003; International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., May 15 — July 27, 2003; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN, August 30 — November 9, 2003; and Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, AL, January 3 — March 28, 2004; catalogue «LIFE DEATH LOVE HATE PLEASURE PAIN: Selected works from the MCA Permanent Collection,» Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, 2002 «Structures of Difference,» curated by Nicholas Baume, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, 2002 «Drawings of
Choice from a New York Collection,» Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, Champaign, IL, curated by Joself Helfenstein: traveled to Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR; Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA; Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH «
Recent Acquisitions,» Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain, Reims, France, 2002 «Pushing
Aesthetic Boundaries: Contemporary Prints,» Gallery M, New York, NY, 2002 «Charles H Carpenter, Jr Collection: Fifty Years of Supporting the New,» Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, 2002 «New York, New Work, Now!