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Directed: The Intersection of Book, Film and Visual Narrative Opening reception: Friday, May 17; 6-9pm Directed: The Intersection of Book, Film and Visual Narrative explores in depth the common territory of two engaging artistic practices: book arts and film. Historically as well as in contemporary practice, artists blur and perforate the boundaries between these two disciplines, both of which share a foundation of sequential visual narrative. Work by over 70 artists will be featured, representing a diverse cross-section of contemporary work from across disciplines and around the world. The exhibition also includes many influential artists' books on loan from Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Carleton College, and the Walker Art Center's Rosemary Furtak Collection, including works by Ed Ruscha, Jim Goldberg, Marcel Broodthaers, John Baldessari, Andy Warhol, Christian Boltanski, Bruce Nauman, Michael Snow, Mason Douglas Williams, Gilbert & George, and Annette Messager. Directed is presented as part of Book Art Biennial 2013. Coordinated exhibitions: Flip Off
The Art of Saul Bass Book/Film/Metaphor: Fahrenheit 451 The MCBA Prize 2013 Finalists For more information, visit the main exhibitions page.
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Jes Lee Shimek: digital dreams of where you are Opening reception: Tuesday, June 25; 5-8pm New work by MCBA Co-op artist Jes Lee Shimek.
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Parts of a Whole: New Work from MCBA's Artist Community Opening reception: Friday, August 16; 6-9pm MCBA presents an exhibition of new work by members of our artist community -- faculty, co-op members, past artists-in-residence, fellowship and mentorship grant recipients, current and former staff and board members, and others -- curated by the MCBA Artist Cooperative. These talented artists demonstrate their innovative approaches, creative skills and diversity of styles in Parts of a Whole. A variety of artists' books, broadsides, prints and other bookish artistic endeavours will be on view from this vibrant and eclectic group.
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Lewis Koch: Bomber, a chance unwinding Opening reception: Friday, August 16; 6-9pm (in conjunction with opening of Parts of a Whole) Lewis Koch uses photography, found images, maps and text to engage in a critical response to contemporary life and politics. In Bomber, he bears witness to a World War II bomber crash site above the treeline in Wyoming's Cloud Peak Wilderness, a remote area that Koch describes as "almost inconceivably stark and humbling." Linking his own photographs of the site with images from documentary films, details of period maps, and poetry, this installation is a reflection on a particular tragedy as well as a metaphor for the societal devastation and environmental destruction caused by war. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and our nation is still grappling with the process of understanding and memorializing the site of the former World Trade Center. Koch’s exploration of this World War II crash site is a meditation on the ultimate futility of war, as he sees it, and on the importance of memory, grieving, and healing. In reflecting upon these separate but inextricably linked tragedies -- the deaths of the soldiers whose B-17 crashed on what is now known as Bomber Mountain, and the immense loss of life and environmental impact in Europe and the Pacific, where these bombers were deployed -- Koch’s photographs and text speak to both sides of the conflict and, by extension, to anyone touched by war and its aftermath. At a time of increasingly narrow and shrill public discourse, his work invites us to participate in a moving and substantive dialogue. Lewis Koch (Madison, WI) uses photography, text, architecture and found objects to call attention to the often unremarked upon elements of everyday life. Embedded in various aspects of his work is a critique of the long-held concept that war is an acceptable response to conflict. His projects have been shown in garages, on kiosks and billboards, as well as in museums and galleries, with solo exhibitions in New York, London, Brussels, Seoul, Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles and elsewhere. His photographs and assemblages are in permanent collections throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, including Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris), Metropolitan Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, and Whitney Museum of American Art. In 1994, Koch was awarded a Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Arts from the Wisconsin Arts Board, and has received grants from the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities and regional arts agencies. A previous text-based project, When Things Dream, was the third installation in Koch’s Garage Trilogy. It can be seen on the web as Garageography 3.0.7, a virtual tour. Developed when he was an artist-in-residence at Copenhagen’s Fotografisk Center, the web project Touchless Automatic Wonder provides an overview of Koch’s work prior to 2001, and was the precedent for his recent book by the same title.
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