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Exhibitions

Elements and Unknowns
Bartos Theater Lobby, Museum of Modern Art
This exhibition considers a group of artist’s books, published from the late 1960s to the present, defined by their fascination with elemental, unexplored and overlooked spaces, the narrative capacity of the book, and contradictory information. Looking at fragments or incalculable particles of an indefinite whole, these are works that return the viewer to the enigma of a natural world still beyond human control.

Drawn from the Library of The Museum of Modern Art, the works on view span two generations of artists, including Doug Aitken, Vija Celmins, Agnes Denes, Tacita Dean, Hamish Fulton, Roni Horn, Richard Long, Bruce Nauman, Gerhard Richter, Robert Smithson, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Tadanori Yokoo, and others. Curator: May Castleberry.

Open Secret: Photographer's Book Dummies
Education Gallery, International Center for Photography. 1114 Avenue of the Americas, Concourse
Curator: Victor Sira.

Susan Meiselas In History
International Center for Photography
From ICP: Since the 1970s, questions of ethics raised by documentary practice have been central to debates in photography. Perhaps no other photographer has so closely and consistently represented and participated in these debates than Susan Meiselas. An American photographer best known for her work covering the political upheavals in Central America in the 1970s and '80s, Meiselas's process has evolved in radical and challenging ways as she has grappled with pivotal questions about her relationship to her subjects, the use and circulation of her images in the media, and the relationship of images to history and memory. Her insistent engagement with these concerns has positioned her as a leading voice in the debate on contemporary documentary practice. Susan Meiselas: In History will be the first U.S. overview of the work of this major American photographer, and will be structured around three key projects: Carnival Strippers (1972–76); Nicaragua (1978–present); and Kurdistan (1991–present). The exhibition is organized by Kristen Lubben, Associate Curator at ICP, and will be accompanied by a catalogue including essays by Lucy Lippard, David Levi-Strauss, Elizabeth Edwards, and others.