Sunday, April 14 –Sunday, April 28

Present Tense

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.

Present Tense, curated by Jill Winder, examines how five young artists explore the impact of social and political transition in Berlin and Moscow since 1989. Artists Nina Fischer and Maroan el Sani, Anna Klamroth, Anton Olshvang, and Anatolij Shuravlev create photography, film, and video works that expose the altered life of urban space, from monumental East German architecture to private apartments in Moscow. Mixing irony, criticism, and reminiscence, and particularly through an exploration of differences between interior and exterior, these works suggest the gap between image and reality, past and present, history and memory.

Anna Klamroth Sportfrei, 1999, 16mm film still,
courtesy of the artist and Greene Naftali Gallery, New York

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.