Ryan Trecartin (Born 1981 in Webster, Texas, USA, Lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA), not yet titled, 2007, Digital video, color, sound, 108 min, 3-channel video and installation.
Shilpa Gupta (Born 1976 in Mumbai, India, Lives in Mumbai, India), Untitled, 2006, Photograph printed on Flex, 72 x 120".
Carolina Caycedo (Born 1978 in London, England, Lives in Isabela, Puerto Rico), Don’t Pay Taxes, 2009, Nylon banner, 8 x 5 ft (244 x 153 cm), Courtesy Black and White Gallery, New York.
Haris Epaminonda (Born 1980 in Nicosia, Cyprus, Lives in Berlin, Germany and Nicosia, Cyprus), Untitled 0012c/g, 2007
Collaged paper on paper, 6-3/4 x 6-3/4", Courtesy Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul.
Mark Essen (Born 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA, Lives in Brooklyn, New York, USA), Flywrench, 2008, Video game.
Mohamed Bourouissa (Born 1978 in Bilda, Algeria, Lives in Paris, France), La fenétre, 2005, Lamda print mounted on aluminum, 35-1/2 x 47-1/4", Courtesy Musé´e national de l’histoire et des cultures de l’immigration, CNHI.
Keren Cytter (Born 1977 in Tel Aviv, Israel, Lives in Berlin, Germany), Der Spiegel, 2007, Digital video, color, sound, 4:30 min, Courtesy Pilar Corrias, London.
Emre Hüner (Born 1977 in Istanbul, Turkey, Lives in Istanbul, Turkey), Panoptikon, 2005, Animation, 11:18 min, Courtesy Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul.
AIDS-3D (Daniel Keller and Nik Kosmas; Daniel Keller Born 1986 in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Lives in Berlin, Germany; Nik Kosmas, Born 1985 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Lives in Berlin, Germany), OMG Obelisk, 2007, MDF, electroluminescent wire, steel, hot, glue, acrylic paint and fire, 118 x 1/2 x 23-5/8".
Faye Driscoll (Born 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA, Lives in Brooklyn, New York, USA), Loneliness, 2006, Video, 2:10 min.
Tauba Auerbach (Born 1981 in San Francisco, California, Lives in New York, New York, USA), Shatter III, 2009, Acrylic and glass on panel, 64 x 48", Courtesy Deitch Projects, New York. |
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New Museum
235 Bowery
New York, NY 10002
212-219-1222
The Generational:
Younger Than Jesus
April 8-June 14, 2009
Fifty artists from 25 countries are participating in the first edition of The Generational, the New Museum's first triennial exhibition. The only exhibition of its kind in the United States, The Generational: Younger Than Jesus offers a rich, intricate, multidisciplinary exploration of work being produced by a new generation of artists born after 1976. Known to demographers, marketers, sociologists, and pundits as the Millennials, Generation Y, iGeneration, and Generation Me, this age group has yet to be described beyond their habits of consumption. Younger Than Jesus examines the visual culture this generation has created so far.
Inspired by the fact that some of the most influential and enduring gestures in art and history have been made by young people in the early stages of their lives, Younger Than Jesus fills the entire New Museum's building on the Bowery with approximately 145 works by artists all of whom are under the age of 33 years old. Hailing from countries including Algeria, China, Colombia, Germany, India, Lebanon, Poland, Turkey, and Venezuela, many are showing in a museum for the first time. The exhibit spans mediums and encompass painting, drawing, photography, film, animation, performance, installation, dance, Internet-based works, and video games.Major support for the exhibition has been provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation.
Consistent with the New Museum's thirty-year mission to present new art and new ideas, The Generational: Younger Than Jesus is the first major international museum exhibition devoted exclusively to the generation born around 1980, tapping into the different perspectives, shared preoccupations, and experiences of a constituency that is shaping the contemporary art discourse and prescribing the future of global culture. In the United States, this demographic group is the largest generation to emerge since the Baby Boomers, while in India half the population is less than twenty-five years old; the sheer size of this generation ensures its worldwide influence. By bringing together a wide variety of artists and contextualizing their different approaches, Younger Than Jesus captures the signals of an imminent change, identify stylistic trends that are emerging among a diverse group of creators, and provide the general public with a first in-depth look at how the next generation conceives of our world. Revealing new languages and attitudes, the exhibition comprises a portrait of the agents of change at the beginning of the 21st century.
The exhibition is organized by Lauren Cornell, Director of Rhizome and New Museum Adjunct Curator; Massimiliano Gioni, Director of Special Exhibitions; and Laura Hoptman, Kraus Family Senior Curator.
"The New Museum has always been a platform for the new," comments Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director. "We have given important early exposure to artists at the beginning of their careers, from Keith Haring to Adrian Piper, and Ana Mendieta to Jeff Koons-artists who subsequently changed the course of art. 'Younger Than Jesus' continues the New Museum's tradition and mission of showing the art of tomorrow today."
"The artists in Younger Than Jesus reflect a preoccupation with our future, but also with history and tradition: Rather than foreswearing their parents, they seem interested in imagining new communities and alternative families," says Massimiliano Gioni. "Their tactics range from role-playing to recycling, from identity tourism to technological archeology, from an hysterical form of realism to an intimate, micro-emotional art."
According to Lauren Cornell, "The exhibition presents glimpses of a generation that is incredibly diverse, with artists moving seamlessly across mediums. Instead of radically breaking from the past, these artists draw from a myriad of influences across historical movements and geographies to highlight the intergenerational dynamics that drive contemporary art."
"During World War II, both Pablo Picasso and Giorgio Morandi were both painting still lifes," explains Laura Hoptman. "Two artists, belonging to the same generation, were imagining two absolutely different realities emerging from a chaos that encompassed the entire world. We hope that Younger Than Jesus offers a look at our world as reflected through the work of many artists belonging to the same time and yet representing entirely different perspectives on its problems and its beauties."
Artists were selected for Younger Than Jesus through an open curatorial model that is participatory, and inspired by the networking proclivities of the generation represented in the show. Initial research for the exhibition was conducted through an international network of correspondents and an information-sharing group of more than 150 curators, writers, teachers, artists, critics, and bloggers worldwide, who were asked to recommend artists for the exhibition. This methodology was intended to expand the curatorial process and challenge the traditional "single-source" method of creating an exhibition. Through this process, more than 500 artists were recommended and researched.
Biographical information and images from the over 500 artists who were submitted for consideration for the exhibition by the global network of informants are included in the publication Younger Than Jesus: The Artist Directory, co-published by the New Museum and Phaidon. The publication serves as an informal census of the artists from this generation, and expands the exhibition by adding an additional platform.
The exhibition catalogue, co-published by the New Museum and Steidl, includes reproductions of the work of the fifty artists chosen for the exhibition, as well as original essays by the exhibition curators and an anthology of articles by a diverse group of writers including philosophers, sociologists, journalists, activists, and marketing and technology experts. It is intended to compose a complex picture of the art and preoccupations that animate the work of this emerging generation.
The New Museum's fifth-floor Museum as Hub space serves as the live archive of The Generational: Younger Than Jesus. Organized by freelance critic Brian Sholis, the space serves as a research platform, discussion venue, and repository of international periodicals, films, and music created by or documenting this generation. Materials have been gathered from diverse sources: Sholis's conversations and interviews with the exhibition's artists; contemporary publications and zines selected by international correspondents; and texts by philosophers, sociologists, journalists, marketing, and technology experts about this generation. Regular lunchtime presentations address the idea of generational shifts and the specific nature of this generation and its influences.
Artists included in The Generational: Younger Than Jesus are:
AIDS-3D (Daniel Keller and Nik Kosmas). Daniel Keller, Born 1986 in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Lives in Berlin, Germany. Nik Kosmas, Born 1985 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Lives in Berlin, Germany.
Ziad Antar. Born 1978 in Saida, Lebanon, Lives in Saida, Lebanon and Paris, France.
Cory Arcangel. Born 1978 in Buffalo, New York, USA, Lives in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Tauba Auerbach. Born 1981 in San Francisco, California, USA, Lives in New York, New York, USA.
Wojciech Bakowsky. Born 1979 in Poznán, Poland, Lives in Poznán, Poland.
Dineo Seshee Bopape. Born 1981 in Polokwane, South Africa, Lives in New York, New York, USA.
Mohamed Bourouissa. Born 1978 in Bilda, Algeria, Lives in Paris, France.
Kerstin Brätsch. Born 1976 in Hamburg, Germany, Lives in New York, New York, USA and Berlin, Germany.
Cao Fei. Born 1978 in Guangzhou, China, Lives in Beijing, China.
Carolina Caycedo. Born 1978 in London, England, Lives in Isabela, Puerto Rico.
Chu Yun. Born 1977 in Jiangxi, China, Lives in Shenzhen, China.
Keren Cytter. Born 1977 in Tel Aviv, Israel, Lives in Berlin, Germany.
Mariechen Danz. Born 1980 in Dublin, Ireland, Lives in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Faye Driscoll. Born 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA, Lives in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Ida Ekblad. Born 1980 in Oslo, Norway, Lives in Oslo, Norway.
Haris Epaminonda. Born 1980 in Nicosia, Cyprus, Lives in Berlin, Germany and Nicosia, Cyprus.
Patricia Esquivias. Born 1979 in Caracas, Venezuela, Lives in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Mark Essen. Born 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA, Lives in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Ruth Ewan. Born 1980 in Aberdeen, Scotland, Lives in London, England.
Brendan Fowler, Born 1978 in Berkeley, California, USA, Lives in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Luke Fowler. Born 1978 in Glasgow, Scotland. Lives in Glasgow, Scotland.
LaToya Ruby Frazier. Born 1982 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Lives in New York, New York, USA.
Cyprien Gaillard. Born 1980 in Paris, France, Lives in Paris, France.
Ryan Gander. Born 1976 in Chester, England, Lives in London, England.
Liz Glynn. Born 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Lives in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Loris Gréaud. Born 1979 in Eaubonne, France, Lives in Paris, France and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Shilpa Gupta. Born 1976 in Mumbai, India, Lives in Mumbai, India.
Emre Hüner. Born 1977 in Istanbul, Turkey, Lives in Istanbul, Turkey.
Matt Keegan. Born 1976 in Manhasset, New York, USA, Lives in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Tigran Khachatryan. Born 1980 in Yerevan, Armenia, Lives in Yerevan, Armenia.
Kitty Kraus. Born 1976 in Heidelberg, Germany, Lives in Berlin, Germany.
Adriana Lara. Born 1978 in Mexico City, Mexico, Lives in Mexico City, Mexico.
Elad Lassry. Born 1977 in Tel Aviv, Israel, Lives in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Liu Chuang. Born 1978 in Hubei, China, Lives in Beijing, China.
Guthrie Lonergan. Born 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA, Lives in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Tala Madani. Born 1981 in Tehran, Iran, Lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Anna Molska. Born 1983 in Prudnik, Poland, Lives in Warsaw, Poland.
Ciprian Muresan. Born 1977 in Cluj, Romania, Lives in Cluj, Romania.
Ahmet Ögüt. Born 1981 in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Lives in Istanbul, Turkey.
Adam Pendleton. Born 1980 in Richmond, Virginia, USA, Lives in New York, New York, USA.
Stephen G. Rhodes. Born 1977 in Houston, Texas, USA, Lives in Los Angeles, California, USA.
James Richards. Born 1983 in Cardiff, Wales, UK, Lives in London, England.
Emily Roysdon. Born 1977 in Easton, Maryland, USA, Lives in New York, New York, USA.
Katerina Sedá. Born 1977 in Brno, Czech Republic, Lives in Brno and Prague, Czech Republic.
Josh Smith. Born 1976 in Okinawa, Japan, Lives in New York, New York, USA.
Ryan Trecartin. Born 1981 in Webster, Texas, USA, Lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Alexander Ugay. Born 1978 in Kyzilorda, Kazakhstan, Lives in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Tris Vonna-Michell. Born 1982 in Southend-on-Sea, England, Lives in Berlin, Germany, and London, England.
Jakub Julian Ziolkowski. Born 1980 in Zamosc, Poland, Lives in Kraków, Poland.
Icaro Zorbar. Born 1977 in Bogotá, Colombia, Lives in Bogotá, Colombia. |
