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P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center: Exhibitions: 1969

 

1969

On view October 25, 2009 - April 5, 2010

Richard Hamilton
Swingeing London 67 (c)
1968-69
Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on canvas
26 1/2 x 33 1/2”
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Donald L. Bryant, Jr., Douglas S. Cramer, Ronald S. Lauder, and John Angelo Funds, 2002
© 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents 1969, a large scale exhibition occupying the entire second floor with works drawn from every department of The Museum of Modern Art. Exploring a cross section of art made during a period marked with revolution and socio-political tumult, this exhibition also will embrace five interventions by a current generation of artists whose work reflects the concerns of 1969 and brings the exhibition into the present. These younger artists will be given free reign to respond to the works on view and to the time period in general.
1969 is organized by a team of curators representing both institutions and includes MoMA’s archivist. One of the questions that shaped this exhibition early on was whether the customary curatorial approach of P.S.1, with its fast-paced process and focus on living artists as well as the rustic architecture of the former schoolhouse, would offer a different visual setting for work ordinarily seen in the minimal white galleries of MoMA. This exhibition includes examples of painting, sculpture, photography, print, illustrated books, design, drawing, media, and film as well as a wealth of documents drawn from MoMA’s archives. 
Diverse artistic practices, concerns, and themes are presented ranging from the minimalist sculpture of Sol LeWitt and Carl Andre, abstract painting and drawing of Helen Frankenthaler and Gego, to films by Walter de Maria and Michael Snow, and politically charged works of the Art Workers Coalition and Martha Rosler. By exploring a single year, this exhibition is not an attempt to recount the events of 1969, but rather, to present a variety of works made in a single year, each one with its own narrative and point of view.

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center: Exhibitions: 1969