"Geometry of Motion 1920s/1970s" Exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art
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Organized by Klaus Biesenbach, Chief Curator, Department of Media, and Roxana Marcoci, Curator, Department of Photography, "Geometry of Motion 1920s/1970s" considers the transformation of the art object from static image to light projection within two distinct artistic lineages: the unconventional optical techniques and social analyses of the 1920s Neue Optik, or "New Vision," generation of artists, among them László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, and Marcel Duchamp; and the situational aesthetics advanced by Gordon Matta-Clark, Robert Smithson, and Anthony McCall in the 1970s. Drawing attention to the conditions and complexities of perception—both within the framework of institutional display and in other surroundings—these artists have redefined the social potential of visual agency.
Media
Schedule
from March 19, 2008 to June 23, 2008
Artist(s)
László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, Gordon Matta-Clark, Robert Smithson, Anthony McCall et al.