Sunday, April 14 –Sunday, April 28

Liminal Spaces

The exhibitions—Present Tense, Hard to Read, and Liminal Spaces—are organized by master's degree candidates in the Center's graduate program in Curatorial Studies.

Liminal spaces are the spaces in between, thresholds or transitions from one state or space to another. In the exhibition Liminal Spaces, curated by Cassandra Coblentz, the artists Ceal Floyer, Charles LaBelle, Steve Roden, and Julianne Swartz reveal how often we navigate these elusive spaces. Thresholds and windows are boundaries between inside and outside, public and private; in a car, we experience space in motion, constantly adjusting our perspective. Photography, video, and film push the notion of liminal space even further, probing the relationship between the recording of actual space and our perception of space as symbolic. The artists in the exhibition are interested in moments of disjunction where perception is momentarily put into question and the liminal is revealed, challenging the viewer to make connections between one context of meaning and another.

Arts Charles LaBelle, Horror of Light, 2002, DVD still, courtesy of the artist and
Roberts Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles

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.