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NEW YORK, NEW YORK: 50 YEARS
OF ART, ARCHITECTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM AND VIDEO
On view exclusively at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco July 14 – September 10, 2006
March 2006, Monaco—A landmark exhibition exploring the development of the Modern and contemporary art scene in New York City from the post-World War II era to today will be presented exclusively at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco’s premier cultural center. On view from July 14 through September 10, 2006, New York, New York: 50 Years of Art, Architecture, Photography, Film and Video will be the first exhibition of its kind to celebrate the evolution and influence of Modern and contemporary art by highlighting the connections between painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, film and performance art.
New York, New York will explore the richness and diversity of the city’s dynamic artistic landscape, spanning five decades of stylistic developments and highlighting a pivotal period when New York dominated the international art scene. The exhibition will trace the growth of the cultural metropolis in the second half of the 20th century, capturing the vitality of the community of artists who lived and worked together in downtown Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, SoHo, East Village, Lower East Side and Chelsea.
Organized by internationally renowned curators Lisa Dennison and Germano Celant, with exhibition design by Pierluigi Cerri of Studio Cerri & Associati of Milan, the exhibition will feature special sections on architecture, photography, performance art and film guest-curated by experts in each field.
“The Grimaldi Forum Monaco is thrilled to present this groundbreaking exhibition—the first of its kind in Europe—to the international community,” states Sylvie Biancheri, Director, Grimaldi Forum Monaco. “New York, New York will be a once-in-a-lifetime chance for art lovers to experience rarely-seen modern and contemporary American masterworks under one roof."
New York, New York will feature approximately 500 works dating from 1945 to 2000, including masterpieces on loan from artists, artists’ estates, international museums and private collections from around the world. The exhibition will be presented chronologically in chapters based on major artistic movements, including Abstract Expressionism and the New York School; Neo-Dada, Assemblage, Environments, Happenings and Fluxus; Pop Art; Figurative Painting and Photorealism; Minimalism and Post-Minimalism; Conceptual Art; The Late Seventies and Forward; and Contemporary. To reflect the labyrinth of the New York landscape and its complex culture, the exhibition design will be based on the urban street grid and each section will feature an integrated display of works of all media.
Painting & Sculpture
The exhibition will open in 1945 at the crucial moment when the rise of Abstract Expressionism became the first important school in American painting to declare its independence from European styles. Thereafter, New York replaced Paris as the capital of art and would dominate the international scene for the next two decades. Even as a sweeping internationalism took hold of the contemporary art scene starting in the late 1970s, New York has remained at the vanguard for some of the most exciting developments of contemporary art. Influential works of painting and sculpture by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Robert Ryman, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel, Jeff Koons, John Currin and others will explore the evolution of Modern and contemporary American art through the generations.
Photography
Guest-curated by Melissa Harris, this section will feature iconic and unexpected photographs to illustrate the cultural, social and political spirit of New York City. Works by Weegee, Richard Avedon, Lee Friedlander, Cindy Sherman, Robert Mapplethorpe, Nan Goldin, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Bruce Davidson, Lucas Samaras, Susan Meiselas, Gregory Crewdson and many others will reflect diverse eclectic sensibilities and styles. Beginning with the work of New York School photographers in the 1940s and 1950s who developed a “snapshot” aesthetic based on the methods of documentary journalism, the photographs on view will express the alienation and social isolation of the contemporary urban experience, as well as the essence of the city’s unique soul and energy.
Performance Art & Video
New York, New York will mark the first time that works of performance art and video by filmmakers, dancers, musicians, poets and writers will be integrated into a major exhibition of
post-war New York art. Guest-curated by art historian RoseLee Goldberg, this section of the exhibition will feature radical works by John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Robert Rauschenberg, Meredith Monk, Yoko Ono, Robert Morris, Yvonne Rainer, Bernar Venet and Matthew Barney, among others. The section will explore the excitement of public Happenings, Fluxus experiments and the evolution of video, which forever changed ideas about the exhibition space and relationships between artist and audience.
Architecture
Organized by United Architects, an international coalition of innovative architecture and graphic design firms, this section of the exhibition will explore the transformation of the New York skyline in the modern and post-modern eras. The rapid proliferation of iconic buildings like the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Seagram Building, Lever House and the TWA Pavilion by leading architects Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Gordon Bunshaft and Eero Saarinen will illustrate the city’s post-war growth as an international phenomenon. Realized projects by Philip Johnson, Richard Meier, Charles Gwathmey and Norman Jaffe will be joined by conceptual and as-yet unbuilt projects from the past 15 years by Diller + Scofidio, Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas/OMA, Santiago Calatrava, Sejima + Nishizawa/SANAA and others.
Film
Guest-curated by film critic Thierry Jousse, this section of the exhibition will illustrate New York City’s starring role in numerous feature films as the setting for cinematic action and an eternally popular filming location. Film clip montages will explore the dominant genres and styles of the post-World War II era, such as 1950s film noir, the rise of experimental cinema in the 1960s, the “New Hollywood” independent generation of the 1970s and No Wave of the 1980s. Highlights will include films by directors Stanley Kubrick, Jules Dassin, Andy Warhol, Jonas Mekas, John Cassavetes, Woody Allen, Sidney Lumet, Martin Scorsese, Abel Ferrara, Jim Jarmusch and Spike Lee.
Catalogue
A special exhibition catalogue for New York, New York: 50 Years of Art, Architecture, Photography, Film and Video will feature essays by co-organizers Lisa Dennison and
Germano Celant, photography historian Bonnie Yochelson, and guest curators Melissa Harris, RoseLee Goldberg and Thierry Jousse, among others.
Special Events
Grease
Salle des Princes, Grimaldi Forum
Tuesday, July 25 – Saturday, July 29, 2006 at 9 PM
Sunday, July 30, 2006 at 5 PM and 9 PM
Grimaldi Forum Monaco
Established in 2000, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco “gives life to a new generation of cultural events.” As the premier venue of its kind, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco has emerged as a major destination in the French Riviera, infusing the region with a diverse roster of cultural events that celebrate both the visual and performing arts. The Grimaldi Forum is committed to exploring the cross-fertilization and exchange between artistic disciplines by infusing modernity into the concept of the ancient forum to instigate dialogue, provoke encounters and incite passions. Past exhibitions include SuperWarhol (2003), Imperial Saint-Petersburg (2004) and Arts of Africa (2005). Future exhibitions include The Grace Kelly Years in summer 2007 and Queens of Egypt in summer 2008.
New York, New York: 50 Years of Art, Architecture, Photography, Film and Video is produced by the Grimaldi Forum Monaco and supported by CMB Bank, SKYY Vodka by Campari and the Hôtel Métropole in Monte-Carlo.
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Note to Editors: A selection of images is available upon request.
The Grimaldi Forum,
10, avenue Princesse Grace, Monaco
Tel: 011-377-99-99-25-25
Fax: 011-377-99-99-25-01
Hours:
Daily from 10 AM – 8 PM
Extended hours on Thursdays, 10 AM – 10 PM
Admission:
Full Price: €10
Groups (over 10 people): €8
Students (under 25 with student i.d.) €6
Children 11 and under are free
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