New Museum (Venue Partner)
235 Bowery
212.219.1222
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Caption: Still from Cosmonaut Polyakov (2007).
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Thursday Oct 29, 2009 (5–9pm)
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$6 Members, $8 General Public
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In conjunction with "Urs Fischer: Marguerite de Ponty," Urs Fischer selects a group of films to be screened in the New Museum theater. (Check back soon for detailed film descriptions and schedule.)
5 p.m.
Film to be announced.
7 p.m.
Cosmonaut Polyakov (2007), 110 min, Russian language with subtitles
Dir. Dana Ranga
This is the US premiere of a highly acclaimed 2007 documentary directed by Dana Ranga (East Side Story, and Story). Cosmonaut Polyakov follows Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, who holds the record of the longest trip into space: one year and two months. For the first time he speaks publicly about the KGB, being in exile, and the struggle of space travel.
Related Exhibition: "Urs Fischer: Marguerite de Ponty,"
Zurich-born, New York-based artist Urs Fischer will be the first artist to take over the entire New Museum on the Bowery. For his first large-scale solo presentation in an American museum to date, Fischer will transform the New Museum's gallery spaces by creating a mesmerizing environment featuring towering monuments, tangled abstractions, and a labyrinth of mirrors. This exhibition will be the culmination of four years of work. Neither a traditional survey nor a retrospective, but rather an "introspective," as organizing curator Massimiliano Gioni calls it, the show will combine new productions and iconic artworks, allowing for an in-depth look at Fischer's practice. Choreographed entirely by the artist, the exhibition will offer viewers the unique opportunity to immerse themselves in Fischer's universe, which is both spectacular and fragile.
