The Guggenheim Museum Exhibits and Store in New York City; Experimental Art in South Korea, 1960s

The Guggenheim Museum Exhibits and Store in New York City; Works & Process Commissions on Tour

Experimental Art in South Korea, 1960s–70s
September 1, 2023–January 7, 2024

Opening in September 2023, the Guggenheim Museum presents Experimental Art in South Korea, 1960s–70s. This is the first exhibition in North America to explore the influential art practices, often referred to as Experimental Art (silheom misul), that emerged in South Korea in the decades following the Korean War (1950–53). Spanning the 1960s and the ’70s, it examines a group of loosely affiliated artists whose artistic production reflected and responded to the rapidly changing, globalizing sociopolitical and material conditions that shaped South Korea. The Guggenheim’s show presents the artists’ pioneering approach to materials, process, and performance, and features major historic pieces across various mediums including painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, installation, and film to illustrate how artists harnessed the power of contemporary languages of art to explore pressing sociohistorical and metaphysical issues.

Experimental Art in South Korea, 1960s–70s offers an unprecedented opportunity to experience the creativity and breadth of this remarkable generation of Korean artists. The exhibition is the result of a collaborative research effort between the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA). It is co-organized by Kyung An, Associate Curator, Asian Art, Guggenheim Museum, and Soojung Kang, Senior Curator, MMCA. Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility October 20, 2023 – April 7, 2024

Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility is a major exhibition that brings together a multigenerational group of artists who engage the “semi-visible” figure — representations that are partially obscured, including, in some cases, literally darkened. In its inherent tension between clarity and occlusion, the semi-visible figure is a site of great material complexity and experimentation. This exhibition suggests that the concept of “going dark” is a tool used by artists to reflect enduring and urgent questions surrounding both the potential and the discontents of social visibility. Across media — painting, photography, sculpture, video, and installation — Going Dark names, charts, and makes meaning of the semi-visible figure, arguing for its significance in contemporary art as a genre of unique conceptual and formal power. This exhibition will occupy the six ramps of the museum’s iconic rotunda space.

Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility is organized by Ashley James, Associate Curator, Contemporary Art. The Thannhauser Collection Ongoing Bequeathed to the museum by the German-Jewish art dealer and collector Justin K. Thannhauser and his widow, Hilde Thannhauser, the Thannhauser Collection includes a selection of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century paintings, works on paper, and sculpture that represents the earliest works in the Guggenheim holdings. As artists sought to liberate art from academic genres and introduce contemporary subject matter, avant-gardists such as Paul Cézanne, Édouard Manet, and Vincent van Gogh investigated novel materials and methods, setting the stage for the development of radical new styles. The Thannhauser Collection is organized by Megan Fontanella, Curator, Modern Art and Provenance.

About the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation was established in 1937 and is dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of modern and contemporary art through exhibitions, education programs, research initiatives, and publications. The international constellation of museums includes the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao; and the future Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. An architectural icon and “temple of spirit” where radical art and architecture meet, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is now among a group of eight Frank Lloyd Wright structures in the United States recently designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. To learn more about the museum and the Guggenheim’s activities around the world, visit guggenheim.org

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Works & Process Commissions on Tour

Ephrat Asherie Dance: UNDERSCORED with NYC Club Legends
Sept 29–Oct 1: The Momentary, Bentonville, Arkansas
Oct 19: USC Visions & Voices, Los Angeles

LaTasha Barnes’s The Jazz Continuum
Nov 17–18: The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
Jan 19–20: UMS, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ladies of Hip-Hop: Black Dancing Bodies – SpeakMyMind
Sept 14: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Sept 16: The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.

Les Ballet Afrik: New York Is Burning by Omari Wiles
Sept 14–15: American Dance Festival, North Carolina

The Missing Element featuring The Beatbox House
Sept 14: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Music From The Sole’s I Didn’t Come to Stay
Jan 12–13: Celebrity Series, Boston

Rose: You Are Who You Eat by John Jarboe
Sept 14–23: FringeArts, Philadelphia

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