"Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now" Exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art
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Around 1970, a period in which established values and institutions came into question generally, there was also a shift in critical thinking about art. The term "pluralism" came to describe a complicated artistic terrain with a range of widely divergent approaches. Some of these practices defined new sensibilities, while others that had long been ignored gained new relevance. Mediums like video, photography, and performance challenged the authority of painting and sculpture, and some artists took to the streets or intervened in the landscape to escape the confines of the art gallery. An earlier view of modern art, with a mainstream flowing from one "ism" to another, had given way to a broader consideration of disparate practices. This framework for understanding art is still in place today. Organized by Deborah Wye, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Chief Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books.
[Image: Rodney Graham "Rheinmetall/Victoria 8" (2003) Video installation. Courtesy of the Artist]
Media
Schedule
from November 21, 2007 to July 21, 2008
Artist(s)
Daniel Buren, Lynda Benglis, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Dorothea Rockburne, John Baldessari, Philip Guston, Robert Mangold, Giuseppe Penone, Charles Simonds, Bill Viola, Ree Morton, Elizabeth Murray, Jack Whitten, Jackie Winsor, Nancy Spero, Hanne Darboven, Jenny Holzer, William Wegman, Carroll Dunham, Gilbert & George, John Armleder, Louise Bourgeois, Andy Warhol, Allen Ruppersberg, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Robert Gober, Niele Toroni, Cheryl Donegan, Li Yongbin, Barbara Kruger, Lisa Yuskavage, Chris Ofili, Kiki Smith, Francis Alÿs, Jeremy Blake, Paul McCarthy, Ellen Gallagher, Thomas Nozkowski, Roni Horn, Paul Noble, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Terry Winters, Rodney Graham, Scott King, Julie Mehretu, Peter Saul, Matthew Brannon, Mark Grotjahn, Georg Baselitz, Carol Bove, Andreas Gursky, David Hammons, Sarah Lucas, Tobias Putrih, Richard Wright, Tacita Dean, Zhang Huan, Allan McCollum, Lin Tianmiao, Rachel HarrisonDaniel Buren, Lynda Benglis, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Dorothea Rockburne, John Baldessari, Philip Guston, Robert Mangold, Giuseppe Penone, Charles Simonds, Bill Viola, Ree Morton, Elizabeth Murray, Jack Whitten, Jackie Winsor, Nancy Spero, Hanne Darboven, Jenny Holzer, William Wegman, Carroll Dunham, Gilbert & George, John Armleder, Louise Bourgeois, Andy Warhol, Allen Ruppersberg, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Robert Gober, Niele Toroni, Cheryl Donegan, Li Yongbin, Barbara Kruger, Lisa Yuskavage, Chris Ofili, Kiki Smith, Francis Alÿs, Jeremy Blake, Paul McCarthy, Ellen Gallagher, Thomas Nozkowski, Roni Horn, Paul Noble, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Terry Winters, Rodney Graham, Scott King, Julie Mehretu, Peter Saul, Matthew Brannon, Mark Grotjahn, Georg Baselitz, Carol Bove, Andreas Gursky, David Hammons, Sarah Lucas, Tobias Putrih, Richard Wright, Tacita Dean, Zhang Huan, Allan McCollum, Lin Tianmiao, Rachel Harrison