Americana: 50 States, 50 Months, 50 Exhibitionswas a long-term presentation consisting of 50 displays, each approximately one month long, exhibited between January 2011-May 2012 and coorganized by Wattis Institute director Jens Hoffmann and CCA's Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice. The title is a reference to an exhibition of the same name that was curated by the artist collective Group Material at the 1985 Whitney Biennial. Each month's display examined an American state, in alphabetical order by state name. Through artworks, historical artifacts, curiosities and other elements, Americanafocuses on overlooked and little-known aspects of each state. Americanaexamines the states as they are today, looking at how America's social and political imperatives condition the production, presentation and interpretation of art and exhibition making. The brisk pace of the 50 displays reflects the varied and constantly changing fabric of this relatively young country and its multilayered, shifting national identity.

Americana: 50 States, 50 Months, 50 Exhibitions

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The Way Beyond Art: Wide White Space investigates graphic design's evolving relationship with exhibition making and the work of both artists and curators. The exhibition context has long been a fertile area for graphic designers to explore, whether via printed promotional materials, catalogues, signage, interactive media, or exhibition design. This volume looks at designers who have created innovative museum and gallery identities, undertaken collaborations with curators (and in so doing created new, unique productions) or launched their own exhibition-based initiatives. Among the designers and institutions featured here are APFEL, Irma Boom, Laurenz Brunner and Julia Born, Sara De Bondt, Mevis and Van Deursen, Dexter Sinister, Indexhibit, Experimental Jetset, Will Holder, Zak Kyes, James Langdon, LUST, Niessen & de Vries, Practise, Project Projects, Yann Sérandour and Jérôme Saint-Loubert Bié, Stedelijk Museum, Sulki and Min, Mylinh Trieu Nguyen, Hansje van Halem and Walker Art Center.

The Way Beyond Art: Wide White Space

Berger, Rachel

Heiman, Eric

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Harald Szeemann’s 1969 legendary exhibition Live in Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form was one of the first shows to bring together new tendencies in 1960s art, such as postminimalism, Arte Povera, Land art and Conceptual art. While the exhibition has been widely discussed and researched, an investigation into its impact has never before been realized in an exhibition. This volume explores the history and myths around When Attitudes Become Form, gathering a group of artists that explore the legacy of Conceptual art. The catalogue follows the office-binder format of the 1969 publication, with newly commissioned essays, a previously unpublished interview with Szeemann by Jens Hoffman and essays and images from over 80 artists in the exhibition, including Allora and Calzadilla, Claire Fontaine, Elmgreen and Dragset, Lara Favaretto, Luisa Lambri and Tino Sehgal.

When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes

Rattemeyer, Christian

Lewallen, Constance

Myers, Julian

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