New Museum of Contemporary Art
235 Bowery
212.219.1222
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Dana Schutz, Man Eating His Own Chest, Courtesy Zach Feuer Gallery
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- When
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July 17, 2008 – Sep 21, 2008
Wednesdays (noon–6pm)
Thursdays–Fridays (noon–10pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (noon–6pm)
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- Price
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$12
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The After Nature exhibition evokes a nightmare/fantasy of humankind's impending self-destruction and its aftermath. Sculptor Maurizio Cattelan imagines a horse's deadly collision with the museum wall, while painter Dana Schutz depicts a man reduced to eating himself. Photographer William Christenberry shows a post-apocalyptic American South overgrown with kudzu vines, and Werner Herzog contributes his perspective on environmental destruction with Lessons of Darkness (1992), a smoky chronicle of the Gulf War's effects. In fact, After Nature is shaping up to be a summer blockbuster of sorts — the nihilistic comedy epic spans three of the museum's five floors.
