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Artists Announced for the 2004 Carnegie International
Contact:
Robin Dannahower
412.622.3316
dannahowerr@carnegiemuseums.org
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Elizabeth Gilchrist
Livet Reichard Co.
212.344.8420
egilchrist@mindspring.com
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Tey Stiteler
412.688.8690
stitelert@carnegiemuseums.org
May 1, 2004
Pittsburgh, PA...The artists whose work will be featured in the 2004 Carnegie International were announced today by Laura Hoptman, curator of contemporary art at Carnegie Museum of Art and curator of the exhibition. On view October 9, 2004 through March 20, 2005, the exhibition will include more than 200 works by 38 artists from around the world. As the preeminent survey of international contemporary art in North America, the 54th installation of the 108-year-old series continues the historic legacy set forth by previous Carnegie Internationals in presenting new and compelling works by contemporary artists.
"Carnegie Museum of Art has played an important role among museums worldwide with its presentation of the Carnegie International," said Richard Armstrong, The Henry J. Heinz II director of the museum. "Laura Hoptman's outstanding work on the 2004 show will extend the exhibition's distinguished history as it expands the public's acquaintance with contemporary art and artists."
2004 Carnegie International Artists
Tomma Abts
(b. 1967, Germany. Lives in London)
Pawel Althamer
(b. 1967, Poland. Lives in Warsaw)
Francis Al˙s
(b. 1959, Belgium. Lives in Mexico City)
Karin (Mamma) Andersson
(b. 1962, Sweden. Lives in Stockholm)
Chiho Aoshima
(b. 1974, Japan. Lives in Tokyo)
Kaoru Arima
(b. 1969, Japan. Lives in Nagoya)
Kutlug Ataman
(b. 1961, Turkey. Lives in Istanbul)
Dimitrije Bašicevic (Mangelos)
(b. 1921, Croatia. Died in Zagreb, 1987)
John Bock
(b. 1965, Germany. Lives in Berlin)
Lee Bontecou
(b. 1931, U.S.A. Lives in Orbisonia, Pennsylvania)
Robert Breer
(b. 1926, U.S.A. Lives in Tappen, New York)
Fernando Bryce
(b. 1965, Peru. Lives in Lima and Berlin)
Kathy Butterly
(b. 1963, U.S.A. Lives in New York City)
Maurizio Cattelan
(b. 1960, Italy. Lives in situ)
Paul Chan
(b. 1973, Hong Kong. Lives in New York City)
Anne Chu
(b. 1959, U.S.A. Lives in New York City)
Robert Crumb
(b. 1943, U.S.A. Lives in Sauve, France)
Jeremy Deller
(b. 1965, Great Britain. Lives in London)
Philip-Lorca Dicorcia
(b. 1951, U.S.A. Lives in New York City)
Peter Doig
(b. 1959, Scotland. Lives in Trinidad and London)
Trisha Donnelly
(b. 1974, U.S.A. Lives in San Francisco)
Harun Farocki
(b. 1944, Czechoslovakia. Lives in Berlin)
Saul Fletcher
(b. 1967, England. Lives in London)
Isa Genzken
(b. 1948, Germany. Lives in Berlin)
Mark Grotjahn
(b. 1968, U.S.A. Lives in Los Angeles)
Rachel Harrison
(b. 1966, U.S.A. Lives in New York City)
Carsten Höller
(b. 1961, Belgium. Lives in Sweden and Ghana)
Katarzyna Kozyra
(b.1963, Poland. Lives in Warsaw and Berlin)
Jim Lambie
(b. 1964, Scotland. Lives in Glasgow)
Julie Mehretu
(b. 1970, Ethiopia. Lives in New York City)
Senga Nengudi
(b. 1943, U.S.A. Lives in Colorado Springs)
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
(b. 1957, Thailand. Lives in Chiang Mai)
Neo Rauch
(b. 1960, German Democratic Republic. Lives in Leipzig)
Nick Relph And Oliver Payne
(b. 1979 and 1977, England. Live in New York City)
Ugo Rondinone
(b. 1963, Switzerland. Lives in New York City and Zurich)
Eva Rothschild
(b. 1972, Ireland. Lives in London)
Yang Fudong
(b. 1971, China. Lives in Shanghai)
"All of the artists participating in the 2004 International have been chosen for their contributions to the contemporary art discourse over the past four years. Their work also conveys a particular attitude that goes beyond formal or thematic expression," said Hoptman. "In distinct ways, they consider and use art as a meaningful vehicle through which to confront what philosophers have called ‘the Ultimates'–that is, the largest, most unanswerable questions ranging from the nature of life and death, to the existence of God, to the anatomy of belief. This may not seem unusual in light of the entire history of art, but it represents a subtle and important break from much of the work produced for, and viewed in, large international exhibitions of the 1990s."
The 2004 Carnegie International will be organized into a narrative that will unfold through groupings of artists with shared affinities. The show will incorporate small monographic exhibitions of new and lesser-known work by three important older artists that will serve as touchstones, including new sculpture and drawings by Lee Bontecou, a series of sculptures and artists' books by Mangelos, and a small retrospective of drawings, strips, and notebooks by Robert Crumb.
The 38 participating artists are a diverse group in terms of age, origin, and expertise. A number of the best-known artists in the group will use the International as an opportunity to present new projects or new bodies of work. The Istanbul-based video artist Kutlug Ataman will premier his largest most ambitious video project to date; the painters Peter Doig, Neo Rauch, and Julie Mehretu will all produce new works for the show; and the photographer Philip- Lorca diCorcia will present a new series of large-scale color photos. Older artists with distinguished careers play an important role in this exhibition. In addition to Crumb, Bontecou, and Mangelos, the Carnegie International will feature a new animation by American artist Robert Breer, a founder of experimental film animation; a series of video installations by the German filmmaker Harun Farocki, which represents the culmination of a decade-long research project; and a new installation by Colorado-based Senga Nengudi, an important voice in sculpture and installation since the mid-1970s.
Lesser-known artists, some presenting work for the first time in an American museum, will also be an exciting feature of this International. The exhibition will be the U.S. museum debut for Tomma Abts, Paul Chan, Jeremy Deller, Mark Grotjahn, and Eva Rothschild.
Hoptman was counseled by an advisory committee comprised of Francesco Bonami, the Manilow Senior Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Gary Garrels, chief curator in the Department of Drawings at The MoMA, New York; Midori Matsui, a Tokyo-based art critic and scholar; Cuauhtemoc Medina, a critic, art historian, at the National University of Mexico, and Adjunct curator of Latin American Art at the Tate Modern, London; and Rirkrit Tiravanija, artist and professor at Columbia University.
Additionally, the 2004 Carnegie International will reflect the combined vision and talent of an international team of design collaborators including Michael Maltzen Architecture, Los Angeles, who provided the exhibition's installation design, and Graphic Thought Facility, London, who created the graphic identity for the show.
"The Carnegie International is among the important exhibitions in the world," said Marcia Gumberg, chairman of the board of Carnegie Museum of Art. "We are grateful for the generous support of all of its funders, and welcome the participating artists to Pittsburgh."
Major support for the 2004 Carnegie International has been provided by the A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Fund and The Henry L. Hillman Fund. Additional generous gifts and grants have been provided by Friends of the Carnegie International; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley R. Gumberg; National City Bank of Pennsylvania; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; The Grable Foundation; The National Endowment for the Arts; Kraus Family Foundation; The Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation. The Japan Foundation, The British Council, and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland have also provided support.
Photos are available on Carnegie Museum of Art's media photo web site. Contact the communications office at 412.622.3131 for the access code.
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