CCS Bard | Exhibitions and Events | Graduate Theses 2007

Spring Exhibitions 2007

This spring the Center for Curatorial Studies presents twelve exhibitions in the CCS Galleries curated by second-year students in the Center’s graduate program in curatorial studies and contemporary art. The students have organized these exhibitions as part of the requirements for the master’s degree.

OPENING RECEPTION: SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 1:00–4:00 P.M. Now You See It Susan Hiller, Zoe Beloff, and Jennifer Bornstein employ old technologies to conjure our desire for the supernatural. CURATOR RYAN DOHERTY Affinities: Painting in Abstraction Recent works by eight painters who are expanding practices of abstraction. CURATOR KATE MEEHAN MCNAMARA We Love Cinema Artists from different parts of the world appropriate cinema to create new video works. CURATOR ÖZKAN CANGÜVEN Temporarily Disconnected Video works by artists who enter into or fabricate situations brimming with social anxieties and cultural tensions. CURATOR RUBA KATRIB
OPENING RECEPTION: SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1:00 4:00 P.M. in someone else’s skin Artists disclose how social and political violence manipulates and transforms individuals, often in unexpected ways. CURATOR REBECA NORIEGA-COSTAS Facts on the Ground Projects that retool social, political, and historical information systems of the city. CURATOR AMY OWEN Stutter and Twitch Video and photographic artworks reveling in suspended time. CURATOR CHEN TAMIR
OPENING RECEPTION: SUNDAY, MAY 13, 1:00 4:00 P.M. from rest to rest Four artists working with digital media call attention to our mobile presence in space. CURATOR EMILY ZIMMERMAN Novel Readings Works by Glenn Ligon, Jorge Macchi, and Ernesto Neto are presented in association with novels and literary criticism to raise questions about cultural contexts. CURATOR FLORENCIA MALBRÁN Repeat Performances: Roni Horn and Ragnar Kjartansson One hundred portraits and an incessant performance,each questioning identity and difference. CURATOR MARKÚS THÓR ANDRÉSSON Mirror Mirror on the Wall: Intersubjectivity in Parallax If there’s such a thing as a pornography of the emotions, then this is an orgy of an art show. CURATOR MAX HERNÁNDEZ CALVO Come On Pilgrim: A 110-Mile Exhibition A map and audio companion lead visitors to six commissioned projects between New York City and the CCS, each based in a journey. CURATOR LAURA MOTT
Center exhibitions and events are free and open to the public. These exhibitions were made possible with support from the Rebecca and Martin Eisenberg Student Exhibition Fund; the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation; the Patrons, Supporters, and 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. Limited free seating is available on a chartered bus that leaves from New York City for each exhibition opening. The bus returns to New York City after the opening. Reservations must be made in advance by calling the Center at 845-758-7598.