Two Shows at MoMA

We will be visiting the Museum of Modern Art and there are two exhibitions in particular that you should all keep in mind.  Both are connected in different ways to central premise of the class.  The first, Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration, collects a group of exquisite corpse drawings ranging from the Surrealist movement to the present.  Unfortunately, it ends on July 9th, so if you want to see it, you'll have to go soon after you arrive in town.  Here's a link:

Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration

The second is entitled Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language and focuses on the role that language and its material and conceptual histories bring to the work shown.  For those of you interested in writing as a component of your studio practice, this is an intriguing show.  It lasts through our stay - ending on August 27th.  The image above the text is a piece from that show by the artist Tauba Auerbach.  Here's a link:

Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language

For those of you interested in film, it's also worth exploring the MoMA film series calendar - they have an excellent repertory and experimental film series that goes on all year.