What Matters
Art - Exhibit
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Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, December 19, 2009 - August 22, 2010 |
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| Suggested Audiences: | Elders, Adult, College, High School, Middle School, Elementary, Preschool, Toddler, Infant | |
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Worcester Art Museum Contemporary Gallery 55 Salisbury Street Worcester, MA 01609 |
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| Cost: | Free with Museum admission. 17 and under always free. | |
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| Description: | Recent art practices continue to evolve in the shadow cast years ago by Marcel Duchamp, whose simple yet extraordinary act in 1914 of selecting a common bottle rack and signing it wrenched that object out of the “useful” context and placed it in the context of “a work of art.” If art offers an opportunity to rethink our engagement with the world around us, those artists who are drawn to exploring materials that are familiar yet altered as to their origins and uses seem equally invested in material experience as a way of deepening our perceptual capacities so we might arrive at new understandings of what matters. Drawn primarily from the Museum's permanent collection, the exhibition considers works spanning two decades (1988-2008) by a roster of leading contemporary artists including Claire Barclay, Willie Cole, Taylor Davis, Melvin Edwards, Heide Fasnacht, Tony Feher, Jim Isermann, Jim Lambie, Jodie Manasevit, Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Doris Salcedo, Yinka Shonibare, and Andrew Witkin. |
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| More Information: |
Website: http://www.worcesterart.org/Exhibitions/what_matters.html E-mail: information@worcesterart.org Entered by: Worcester Art Museum |
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