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Opening Exhibition: November 14, 2002 — March 15, 2003First floor Samadhi : The Contemplation of Space Curated by Robert C. Morgan
The Sanskrit term "Samadhi" is often used in Zen Buddhism to describe the condition of meditation in which the focus of concentration resides in the undivided self. In visual terms, "Samadhi" may allude to a specific image or thought made manifest in material form. Each work in the exhibition is given to a concept of space that engages abstract ideas through the phenomenology of viewing. Rather than the duality of consciousness—the subject-object relationship—normally understood in Western terms, this exhibition proposes another kind of sensibility. In "Samadhi" the viewer enters into the space of viewing without rational determinants. The condition of one's perception is given over to an intuitive and sensory understanding of the work's structure. Second floor Shots in the DarkA survey of actual crime photography curated by Gail Buckland. Although the pictures here were chosen for their psychological insights, they also address issues such as surveillance and privacy, freedom of the press, exploitation in the media, capital punishment, the psychology of serial killers and how photography has been used in some of the most sensational cases. Says Ms. Buckland, "Photography has the power to make us see. One of the purposes of this exhibition is to foster a better understanding of violence in American society." Read a chapter from the book Memoir of FreedomAn attempt by artists to breathe new life into the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1948. The idea of a major project uniting art and the never ending quest for freedom was spearheaded by Joseph Beuys in 1984. Over the next seven years, Memoir of Freedom was created by some of the best visual artists of our time, including Alechinsky, Artschwager, Beuys, Christo, Sam Francis, Hockney, Indiana, Kelly, Lewitt, Lichtenstein, Motherwell, Rauschenberg, Rotella, Salle, Tinguely and Wesselman. Originally published as a book with a new multilingual translation of the Universal Declaration (Mémoir de la Liberté, Sedcome, 1991) and since exhibited internationally, Memoir of Freedom continues to serve as an artistic testament to the dream of individual and cultural freedom. The exhibition Memoir of Freedom presents a selection of these works. Third floor Glimpses of the Permanent CollectionVedova, Rotella, Bury, Motherwell, Mitchell, Shiraga, Francis, Miotte |
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