Sunday, April 14 –Sunday, April 28

Landscaping Ahead

The exhibitions—Minor Alterations, Landscaping Ahead, and Shift—are organized by master's degree candidates in the Center's graduate program in Curatorial Studies.

In the exhibition Landscaping Ahead, curated by Kelly Lindner, works by Jessica Bronson, Teresita Fernandez, Peter Gould, Arturo Herrera, and Shirley Tse subvert traditional representations of landscape, engaging ideas of nature by assuming its artificiality. Primarily sculpture, the works in Landscaping Ahead combine synthetic materials and pared-down imagery in order to explore the aesthetic construction of landscape. Polystyrene, formica, and plastic suggest landscapes both familiar and imaginary while becoming metaphors for the artifice of nature.

Arturo Herrera Arm in Arm (Tan), 2001, Felt, 99-1/2 x 33-1/4 in.

An opening reception will be held on Sunday, April 14, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Free bus transportation from New York City to the Center is available for the opening. Museum hours are Wednesday through Sunday, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Admission to the museum and to the reception is free.

On April 14, the day of the exhibition openings, free bus transportation will be available from New York City to the Center for Curatorial Studies. A chartered bus will leave from SoHo at 11:00 a.m. and depart from the Center at 4:00 p.m. Reservations are required and can be made by calling the Center at 845-758-7598 no later than Friday, April 12. Transportation is provided through the generosity of Howard and Donna Stone.

Exhibitions are free and open to the public. Programs at the Center, including the spring exhibitions, are supported by the Friends of the Center for Curatorial Studies and by the Center's annual benefit for student scholarships and exhibitions. Additional support for the spring exhibitions has been provided by the Monique Beudert Fund and Marieluise Hessel. For further information, call the CCS at 845-758-7598 or e-mail ccs@bard.edu.