If it's not love, it's the Bomb...—curated
by Cecilia Alemani, Lyra Kilston, Jyeong Yeon Kim, Risa Puleo,
Yasmeen
Siddiqui,
and Pelin Uran—surveys works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
that utilize different media to address political and cultural
traumas.
Christian Boltanski
The School of Gross Hamburgerstrasse, Berlin
1998
Photogravure etchings with colophon
Marieluise Hessel Collection on permanent loan to the Center for Curatorial
Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Barbara
Kruger
Untitled (Questions)
1991
Photographic silkscreen on vinyl
Marieluise Hessel Collection on permanent loan to the Center for Curatorial
Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
The selected works attempt to reconcile difficult histories through
the resurrection of personal and cultural memories. This survey
crosses experiential divides and examines the artists' continued
proximity to the events they depict. Artists include Georg Baselitz,
Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanksi, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Mona
Hatoum, Jenny Holzer, William Kentridge, Anselm Kiefer, Barbara
Kruger, Glenn Ligon, Doris Salcedo, and Kenneth Shorr.
If it's not love, it's the Bomb... will be on show
at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, February 1–15,
alongside two other exhibitions—Assemblance
and s u s p e n d e d s t
a t e. Curated by first-year
students in
the Center's graduate program, the exhibitions present works from
the Marieluise Hessel Collection, on permanent loan to the Center.
The exhibitions and the reception are open to the public without
charge.
An opening reception is planned for Sunday, February
1, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Programs at the Center, including the first-year
exhibitions, are supported by the Friends of the Center for Curatorial
Studies and
by the Center’s annual benefit for student scholarships and exhibitions.
Three groups of curatorial thesis exhibitions—curated by second-year
students in the graduate program in curatorial studies and contemporary
art—will be on view March 7 through March 21, April 4 through April
18, and May 9 through
May 23.
