ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – Beginning in February, the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) presents a series of 12 exhibitions and projects, curated by 14 second-year students, and including work by more than 40 leading and emerging contemporary artists at the CCS Bard Galleries and Library. Presented in two groups, these projects focus on diverse concepts and themes and represent an international body of artists working in a variety of mediums. These exhibitions are the culmination of the students’ work for the master’s degree. The CCS Bard Galleries and Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College are open Wednesday through Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. All CCS Bard exhibitions and public programs are free and open to the public. Limited free seating is available on a chartered bus that leaves from New York City for the February and April openings. The bus returns to New York City after the opening. Reservations are required; call 845.758.7598 or email ccs@bard.edu.
The first of two series of exhibitions opens on Sunday, February 7 and is on view through Sunday, March 21. The exhibitions are: Derangement : Dineo Seshee Bopape, Saul Fletcher, Hege Loenne, Jacek Malinowski, Dan Miller, Anna Ostoya, Mikolaj Szoska, curated by Michal Jachula; The Office for Parafictional Research Presents Headless: Work by Goldin+Senneby, curated by Ginny Kollak; Open Score Variations, including works by Sanford Biggers, Lee Boroson, George Brecht, John Cage, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Paula Hayes, Lucy Lippard, Yoko Ono, Edward Ruscha, Xaviera Simmons, Allison Smith, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and La Monte Young, curated by Daniel Mason; For All The Wrong Reasons, including work by Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Clifford Borress, curated by Sohrab Mohebbi; and Remodeling Systems: Vlatka Horvat, Pablo Helguera & Alon Levin, curated by Yulia Tikhonova.
The second series of exhibitions opens on Sunday, April 11, with a reception from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., and is on view through Sunday, May 23. The exhibitions are: Living Modern including work by artists Heidrun Holzfeind and Damon Rich, and writer Niko Vicario, curated by Laura Barlow; Not Again, with work by Andrea van der Straeten, curated by Sarah Demeuse; SECOND COMING—a curatorial collaboration, including work by Nástio Mosquito, Thando Mama, Metapong, and Pablo Rasgado, curated by Gabi Ngcobo, Carlos E. Palacios, Andrea Torreblanca; Requires extra budget for lettuce, with work by Jacob Stewart-Halevy, curated by Mackenzie Schneider; The Bomb Ponds: Work by Vandy Rattana, curated by Francesca Sonara.
Two of the 12 projects will occur outside of the CCS Bard Galleries: How to Begin? Envisioning the Impact of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, a publication and public discussion, including contributions by Regine Basha, Hassan Khan, Sohrab Mohebbi, Didem Özbek, and Sarah Rifky, curated by Özge Ersoy; and Up River, A Hudson River Expedition with artist Marie Lorenz, curated by Diana Stevenson.
Student-curated exhibitions and projects at CCS Bard are made possible with support from the Rebecca and Martin Eisenberg Student Exhibition Fund; the Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg Family Foundation; the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation; the Board of Governors of the Center for Curatorial Studies, and by the Center’s Patrons, Supporters, and Friends. Additional support is provided by the Monique Beudert Award Fund. Special thanks to the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.
For additional information, call 845-758-7598, e-mail ccs@bard.edu, or visit www.bard.edu/ccs.