RECALLING 1993
13/04/2013.
The New Museum. [NYC] EEUU. 13/02/ > 26/05/2013
metalocus, LAURA CANTO
metalocus, LAURA CANTO
In the early 90s New York was a city in turmoil. 1993 was a pivotal year that began to shape the New York we know today. "NYC 1993" looks at art made and exhibited in New York over the course of one year. Centering on 1993, the exhibition is conceived as a time capsule, an experiment in collective memory that attempts to capture a specific moment at the intersection of art, pop culture, and politics.
The social and economic landscape of the early ’90s was a cultural turning point both nationally and globally. Conflict in Europe, attempts at peace in the Middle East, the AIDS crisis, national debates on health care, gun control, gay rights and caustic partisan politics were both the background and source material for a number of younger artists who first came to prominence in 1993. This exhibition brings together a range of iconic and lesser-known artworks that serve as both artifacts from a pivotal moment in the New York art world and as key markers in the cultural history of the city.
Recalling 1993 takes you out of the museum and on the every street corner in Manhattan, sing one of the last remaining relics of that time. The Pay phone 1-[855] +-FOR-1993.
“NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star” draws its subtitle from the eponymous album that the New York rock band Sonic Youth recorded in 1993 and captures the complex exchange between mainstream and underground culture across disciplines, which came to define the art of the era. The exhibition takes a broad view of the New York scene as it existed twenty years ago—focusing not only on a single generation of emerging New York artists, but also looking at more senior figures and individuals from other cities who had some of their first significant exhibitions in New York in 1993. Works that are immediately recognizable from major institutional presentations like the Whitney Biennial and Venice Biennale are presented alongside lesser-known works, which may have initially only been seen by a small audience in commercial galleries, alternative spaces, or in the artist’s studio.
The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with key historical texts and reflections by younger curators and writers on the impact of this pivotal moment in American culture.
Associate Director and Director of Exhibitions.-Massimiliano Gioni. Curator.- Gary Carrion-Murayari. Associate Curator.- Jenny Moore. Assistant curator.- Margot Norton.
Dates.- 13/02/2013 - 26/05/2013.
Venue.- The New Museum.