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THE MUSEUM FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON WORK MADE WITHIN THE PAST TEN YEARS BY LIVING ARTISTS. BY PRESENTING EXPERIMENTAL WORK, THE MUSEUM AIMS TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC FORUM FOR EXPRESSING DIVERSE POINTS OF VIEW AND ENCOURAGING MEANINGFUL INTERAC· TIONS WITH WORKS OF ART. THE BO ARD OF TRUSTEES: Henry Luce 111, President; Penny McCall, Vice President; Dieter Bogner, Saul Dennison, Allen A. Goldring, Manuel E. Gonzalez, Sharon King Hoge, Toby Devan Lewis, James C. A. McClennen, Raymond J. McGuire, Eileen Norton, Steven M. Pesner, Carole Rifkind, Patrick Savin, Paul T. Schnell, Herman Schwartzman, Robert J. Shiffler, Laura Skoler, Marcia Tucker, Director; Laila Twigg-Smith; Vera G. List, Trustee Emeritus. THE ARTISTS ADVISORY BO ARD: Doug Ashford, Julie Ault, Judith Barry, Nayland Blake, Tony Cokes, Ji~mie Durham, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Amy Hauft, Mary Heilmann, Mary Kelly, Byron Kim, Yolanda M. Lopez, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Pep6n Osorio, Catalina Parra, Judith Shea, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Carmelita Tropicana, Nari Ward, Fred Wilson, Mel Ziegler. Th e New Museum Views is produced by the Public Relations department. Design: Mary Ellen Carroll. Volume 1, Number 10 © 1996 The New Museum of Contemporary Art. Works are arranged in domestic environments such as a living room and a dining room where visitors are encouraged to make themselves at home and listen to a special selection of C ~ ;:;: folk music, both live and recorded. On sched ro 0. Ul uled Saturdays inside the Museum's ::::r 0 (D Wi n_dow on Broadway, visitors can have !}:-- I-' their nails, hands, and hair (0 (0 0 designed by body practitioners. The fully-illustrated exhibition cata logue includes a critical and historical essay by Marcia Tucker, biographies written by artists, and a bibliography. The catalogue and presentation of A Labor of Love are made possible by grants and donations from The Rockefeller ARTISTS Foundation, The Penny McCall Foundation, The Peter Norton Chelo Amezcua Family Foundation, Stephen and Pamela Hootkin, Arcorp, Imogene Jessie Goodshot Arquero Inc., and the New York State Council on the Arts. The New CD "O Museum is supported, in part, with funds from the New York Alan Belcher ::::r ~ State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of 0 Robert Brady (') Cultural Affairs, the Jerome Foundation, and from the co 0. Darren Brown Museum's Director's Council, members, and friends. A por ~ a labor of love "O >< Bette Burgoyne tion of the Museum's general operating funds for this fiscal Ill January 20-April 14, 1996 £. year has been provided through a generous grant from the CD Larry Calkins Fifty contemporary American artists create 0 ::J"' Institute of Museum Services, a Federal Agency. ~ Rene David Chamizo works drawn from folk, craft, and fine art tra • Dale Chihuly ditions that convey visual pleasure with a crit Pier Consagra i ca I edge. Organized by Director Marcia William Copley (Cply) Tucker, A Labor of Love features over 100 Jacob El Hanani works including beading, glassblowing, paint • Tom Emerson ing, woodcarving, embroidery, dollmaking and Dianna Frid drawing. Artists from different cultural per t I Carmen Lomas Garza spectives combine inventive processes and Chuck Genco materials that imbue familiar objects in Nole Giulini everyday life with social and political signifi Michael Harms cance in personal, nondidactic ways. Bessie Harvey Mary Heilmann A Labor of Love calls into question accepted Oliver Herring boundaries of craft, "outsider," folk, and fine James Hill art while confronting topical issues in society Manuel Pardo • Parlor, 1995 • oil on linen. Indira Freitas Johnson such as racial and cultural identity, feminism, Jane Kaufman gender and sexuality, domesticity, religion, Larry Krone and technological innovation. For example, Paul Laffoley Liza Lou's five-year construction of a full-size Dinh Q. Le kitchen where every square inch is covered Charles LeDray with colorful beads pays tribute to "women's Liza Lou work" with poignancy, humor, and irony. Michael Lucero Raymond Materson Josiah McElheny ;:s::: C colliding worlds ;;,:: Sana Musasama C A series of di scussion s organized for A Labor of Love by The New Museum of Contemporary Art in < Richard T. Notkin ~ co llaboration with t e American Craft Museum. Ill 2. Manuel Pardo (D DISTINCTIONS AND BEYOND TIED TO TRADITION Elaine Reichek Monday, January 29, 1996 Thursday, February 1, 1996 Faith Ringgold 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. A.G. Ri zzoli at the American Craft Museum, 40 West 53rd St. at The New Museum of Contemporary Art Diego Romero Artists, critics, and museum professionals explore Artists and cultural critics investigate how class Richard Rt,Jle the complex interrelationships among folk, craft, issues as well as racial and ethnic traditions are Alison Saar and fine art discourses. Presenters include April distinguished among folk, craft, "outsider," and Kingsley, curator, American Craft Museum. Free fine art. Presenters include Joanne Cubbs , curator Kevin B. Sampson with Museum admission. of folk art at the High Museum; Michael p (O Beverly Semmes (0 Cummings, artist and quilt maker; Harryett e (Jl Judith Shea Mullen, cultural critic and professor of English at Q_ Kazumi Tanaka UCLA; Joanna 0sburn-Bigfeather, curator of fine art -:::Ill (D Kukuli Velarde and director of the American Indian Community ::J Ill 3 Margaret Wharton House Gallery/Museum. Tickets $7 general, $5 (D students, seniors, members. Tickets sold in (JO Robin Winters O advance at the Admission Desk during Museum 0. Willie Wayne Young hours; no reservation or ticket orders by phone. Daisy Youngblood 3' Q. fall 1996 exhibition ~- ro'"Tl alt.youth.media ;::;: enOJ The Fall 1996 exhibition, alt.youth.media, L... 0 :::r brings together projects produced by and ::::ien 0 about youth in the U.S. and internationally. ::::i Video, film, digital media, CD-ROM, computer inte·ractive programs, Internet-based pro jects, and alternative print publications will be presented. Combining artistic and educa tional practices and elements drawn from pop culture, these works reveal youth per spectives today on topics such as communi Liza Lou • Kitchen, 1991-95 (detail) • beads, plaster, wood and other materials. ty, love, sexuality, gangs, family, school envi ronment, racism, and violence. By integrating workshops the disparate aesthetic and cultural percep DOLL WORKSHOPS EDUCATORS ' WORKSHOPS tions adolescents and young adults thrive FOR ADULTS March 9, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., on, alt.youth.media aims to move beyond Saturdays, February 10 and 24, 1996 at The New Museum narrow representations of youth prevalent in 12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. March 31, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., mainstream media and society. The at The New Museum of Contemporary Art at the Jewish Museum, 1109 5th Ave. Educational Video Center and a team of For A Labor of Love, multimedia artists Lisa April 21, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Bradley and Larry Krone conduct workshops at The New Museum youth advisors will organize a selection of demonstrating how craft-oriented skills and tradi During winter and spring 1996, The New Museum video projects for the exhibition. tions can be applied. Workshop participants are offers a series of educators' workshops on devel Presentations and workshops involving requested to bring in small objects for doll making. oping innovative methods of teaching about con media artists and youth producers will take Dolls made in the workshops will be displayed in temporary art within and across a range of disci place in the galleries throughout the exhibi the gallery and, when the exhibition ends, donated plines. Curator of Education Brian Goldfarb and tion providing a critical forum for engaging to children in hospitals through social service orga teachers from the Museum's High School Art nizations. Free with Museum admission. For reser Program facilitate the workshops with a selection with a range of audiences about attitudes vations, call 212.219.1222. of artists from A Labor of Love. Free with Museum concerning youth. alt.youth.media is orga admission. Call the Education Department for a nized by the Museum's Education depart complete schedule, 212.219.1222. ment. Groups and individuals may submit works for consideration. The deadline for submissions is February 1, 1996. For entry forms and information call 212.219.1222. artist talk corporeal crafts In coordination with the exhibition the Museum Artist Liza Lou talks about her beaded Kitchen. WINDOW ON BROADWAY will hold a day-long symposium entitled Media Saturday, January 20, 1996 A series of body crafts performed for (and on) 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.