MoMA Talks: Conversations

Friday, October 13, 2006 6:30 p.m. Yuri Masnyj's sculptures and works on paper meticulously investigate form and color, juxtaposing figuration and abstraction. Masnyj appropriates material from everyday life, art history, and contemporary culture, transforming it through fragmentation, line, gesture, and structure. He is a graduate of The Cooper Union and has exhibited internationally and in New York, most recently in the 2006 Whitney Biennial and P.S.1's Greater New York 2005.

Friday, September 15, 2006 6:00 p.m. In conjunction with the exhibition Transforming Chronologies: An Atlas of Drawings, this panel discussion seeks to uncover meanings within and relationships among works of art that are not usually considered in traditional studies of art history. The program consists of brief presentations and a conversation moderated by Luis Pérez-Oramas, curator of the exhibition. Participants include Philippe-Alain Michaud, Film Curator, Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; John Rajchman, Associate Professor and Director of MA Programs, 20th Century Art and Philosophy, Columbia University; and Michel Weemans, Professor, L’École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Bourges, Paris.

Part II of a series of talks by ten artists represented in MoMA PS1's Greater New York 2010 , (May 23–October 18), an exhibition of work by artists in the New York metropolitan area who engage in a wide range of art practices and mediums. In sessions consisting of short and dynamic presentations of twenty images, twenty-five seconds per image, loosely modeled on an informal Japanese presentation style, artists discuss their work, their creative process, and other issues in contemporary art. Presenting artists include David Brooks, Liz Magic Laser, Ryan McNamara, Amir Mogharabi, and A.L. Steiner. Moderated by Eva Respini, Associate Curator, Department of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art.

Part II of a series of talks by ten artists represented in MoMA PS1's Greater New York 2010 , (May 23–October 18), an exhibition of work by artists in the New York metropolitan area who engage in a wide range of art practices and mediums. In sessions consisting of short and dynamic presentations of twenty images, twenty-five seconds per image, loosely modeled on an informal Japanese presentation style, artists discuss their work, their creative process, and other issues in contemporary art. Presenting artists include David Brooks, Liz Magic Laser, Ryan McNamara, Amir Mogharabi, and A.L. Steiner. Moderated by Eva Respini, Associate Curator, Department of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art.

September 16, 2009 6:30 P.M. This program, which accompanies the exhibition Ron Arad: No Discipline, explores the creative approaches of those whose work defies the easy categorization of disciplines and encompasses countless styles of production. Participants include Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art; and artists Ron Arad, Tom Friedman, and Cornelia Parker.

September 16, 2009 6:30 P.M. This program, which accompanies the exhibition Ron Arad: No Discipline, explores the creative approaches of those whose work defies the easy categorization of disciplines and encompasses countless styles of production. Participants include Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art; and artists Ron Arad, Tom Friedman, and Cornelia Parker.

Monday, June 19, 2006 6:00 p.m. Artists Judith Shea and Joel Shapiro discuss modern and contemporary sculpture through individual presentations and a conversation moderated by Ann Temkin, curator of the exhibition. Held in conjunction with the MoMA exhibition Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection.

Monday, June 19, 2006 6:00 p.m. Artists Judith Shea and Joel Shapiro discuss modern and contemporary sculpture through individual presentations and a conversation moderated by Ann Temkin, curator of the exhibition. Held in conjunction with the MoMA exhibition Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection.

Wednesday, March 8, 2006 6:00 p.m. Writers, cultural theorists, and artists discuss the idea of "home" and the effects of exile. Panelists include Homi Bhabha, Chair of the Program in History and Literature, Harvard University, and artists Shahzia Sikander and Shirazeh Houshiary. Held in conjunction with the exhibition Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking.

Without Boundary: Meditations on Truth Thursday, May 4, 2006 6:00 p.m. Understanding work by artists who come from the Islamic world raises complex questions, especially when examined within a postcolonial and Western context. Artists Shirin Neshat and Walid Raad, and Gavatri Chakravorty Spivak, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University, discuss diverse interpretations of truth, as well as how they review, revise, and subvert received understandings of the Islamic world. Note: Only three minutes of Walid Raad's lecture are included in this recording. Held in conjunction with the exhibition Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking.

Wednesday, March 8, 2006 6:00 p.m. Writers, cultural theorists, and artists discuss the idea of "home" and the effects of exile. Panelists include Homi Bhabha, Chair of the Program in History and Literature, Harvard University, and artists Shahzia Sikander and Shirazeh Houshiary. Held in conjunction with the exhibition Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking.

Without Boundary: Meditations on Truth Thursday, May 4, 2006 6:00 p.m. Understanding work by artists who come from the Islamic world raises complex questions, especially when examined within a postcolonial and Western context. Artists Shirin Neshat and Walid Raad, and Gavatri Chakravorty Spivak, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University, discuss diverse interpretations of truth, as well as how they review, revise, and subvert received understandings of the Islamic world. Note: Only three minutes of Walid Raad's lecture are included in this recording. Held in conjunction with the exhibition Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking.

Monday, November 21, 2005 6:00 p.m. Contemporary artists, including Carroll Dunham, Robert Gober, and Jessica Stockholder discuss the impact of Elizabeth Murray’s work in a panel discussion moderated by Robert Storr, organizer of the exhibition. Held in conjunction with the exhibition Elizabeth Murray.

Monday, February 27, 2006 6:00 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art presents an interdisciplinary panel that investigates the repetitive, detail-oriented creative practices of artists, writers, and performers. Panelists include artists Trenton Doyle Hancock and Daniel Zeller, poet Susan Howe, and musician David Grubbs. Moderated by Brooke Davis Anderson, curator of Obsessive Drawing. Held in conjunction with the MoMA exhibition The Compulsive Line: Etching 1900 to Now and the American Folk Art Museum's exhibition Obsessive Drawing.

Monday, November 21, 2005 6:00 p.m. Contemporary artists, including Carroll Dunham, Robert Gober, and Jessica Stockholder discuss the impact of Elizabeth Murray’s work in a panel discussion moderated by Robert Storr, organizer of the exhibition. Held in conjunction with the exhibition Elizabeth Murray.