“The Annual 2014: Redefining Tradition” Exhibition
National Academy
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The National Academy Museum presents THE ANNUAL 2014: REDEFINING TRADITION, on view June 11 through September 14, 2014, and featuring work by artist and architect members of the National Academy. One of the first national showcases of American art initiated in 1826 and now in its 188th year, The Annual explores various practices of contemporary American art and architecture.
To provide opportunities for a deeper study of the artists’ work and to intensify the museum experience, a gallery will be transformed into a reading room offering art catalogues and other reading materials. In the museum lobby videos about the artists will be presented. Also scheduled are special lectures, public programs, and art workshops in collaboration with the National Academy School. Exhibition advisors for this year’s Annual are Maurizio Pellegrin and Filippo Fossati.
According to Pellegrin, “The Annual is a 188-year-old series where the work of American artists and architects is featured. We deliberately forgo labeling and categorizing, favoring the perception and consideration of different philosophical approaches as well as a variety of media: painting, drawing, printing, sculpture, photography, video, and architectural studies. Curators and art lovers alike continually question how to define the contemporary or current, and The Annual contributes to that conversation. It provides a tool for discovering today’s art and positions both canonical and lesser-known work as equally important in the development of our culture. This approach makes The Annual unique.”
“The Annual with its long tradition reflects the true state of American art,” states Fossati. “It does not focus on trends and fashions, but portrays an authentic picture of today’s art making, on and off the path of the art market. We believe The Annual offers an important point of observation from which the viewer can draw a lot of information. Different generations of artists and architects, along with different disciplines and aesthetics, with various degrees of popularity and fame, are all shown together. It is a wide and often conflicting range of works.”
Media
Schedule
from June 11, 2014 to September 14, 2014
Artist(s)
David Adjaye, Garo Z. Antreasian, William Bailey, Frances Barth, David Becker, Robert Birmelin James Bohary, Henry Casselli, Michael Di Cerbo, Harvey Dinnerstein, Mark di Suvero, Nick Edmonds | Richard Estes, Garth Evans, Henry Finkelstein, M. Paul Friedberg, Sonia Gechtoff, Dan Gilhooley, Andrew Ginzel, Michael Graves, Daniel E. Greene, Margaret Grimes, Barbara Grossman, Richard Haas, Sidney Hurwitz, Yvonne Jacquette, Valerie Jaudon, Harriet Korman, Pat Lasch, Alfred Leslie, Stanley Lewis, Whitfield Lovell, David Lund, Christian Marclay, James McGarrell, Ruth Miller, John Moore, Ben Frank Moss, Thomas Nozkowski, George Ortman, Anthony Padovano, Robert Andrew Parker, Brian Paulsen, Beverly Pepper, I.M. Pei, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Marjorie Portnow, Andrew Raftery, Reeve Schley III, Dana Schutz, Annabelle Selldorf, Richard Serra, Jonathan Shahn, Laura Shechter, Frank Stella, Jessica Stockholder, Immi Storrs, Altoon Sultan, Lee Tribe, Richard Tuttle, Sharon Wandel, Carrie Mae Weems, Charles Wells, Jane Wilson, Betty Woodman, Sharon Yates, Jack Youngerman, Richard C. Ziemann