New Museum of Contemporary Art
235 Bowery
212.219.1222
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Isa Genzken, Elefant, Courtesy neugerriemschneider, © Isa Genzken
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Dec 1, 2007 – Mar 23, 2008
Wednesdays (noon–6pm)
Thursdays–Fridays (noon–10pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (noon–6pm)
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$12
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The new New Museum inaugurates its faux-gritty emporium with three-part exhibition Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century. An ace curatorial squad brings together 30 artists whose work tends to reject the grandiose, self-serious, and industrially produced in favor of the "unmonumental": that is to say, irreverent, slapdash, and self-deprecating to the point of resembling piles of junk. Rachel Harrison's assemblages are a perfect example: her quirky, colorful Huffy Howler incorporates a yellow mountain bike, designer handbags, and a color photo of Mel Gibson into a three-dimensional collage, all while echoing traditional sculptural ideas about balance and form. This is art that grapples with the petty material objects in our lives, and it's not always a pretty sight.
