“Heart to Hand” at Swiss Institute
April 17th, 2012
Artists: Zoe Leonard, Klara Liden, Adam Pendleton, Oscar Tuazon/Elias Hansen
Venue: Swiss Institute, New York
Exhibition Title: Heart to Hand
Curated By: Pati Hertling
Date: March 7 – April 15, 2012
Full gallery of images, press release and link available after the jump.
Images:
Images courtesy of Swiss Institute, New York
Press Release:
Acclaimed for the collaborative series Evas Arche und der Feminist, Pati Hertling’s curatorial efforts focus on engaging individuals and fostering community. For this exhibition, Swiss Institute has offered the curator carte blanche in the main gallery. The exhibition will include a selection of works by contributing artists Zoe Leonard, Klara Liden, Adam Pendleton and Oscar Tuazon/Elias Hansen. Conceived of in the wake of the #occupywallstreet movement and the Republican primaries, Hertling’s exhibition addresses the relationship between aesthetics and social conscience. At first sight, the selected artworks are formally abstract, yet upon further meditation, their conceptual disobedience is revealed. The works in this exhibition suggest and provoke political themes yet leave the response and action to the public. Taken as a whole, the exhibition questions the role of art in times of heightened political consciousness. Problematizing the contingencies of a social contract, it points to an intuitive overarching process. Albeit visceral and rare, Heart to Hand emphasizes the exchange between artist, artwork, and audience, namely the moment at which a piece of heart is offered into the hands of the public.
Link: “Heart to Hand” at Swiss Institute
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April 18th, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Maybe I’m not in the zone or I’m missing something here because I don’t get it. I am trying to find the focal point.