2000
FROM CONFLICT TO PEACE
September 22 – October 1, 2000
The Bogside artists from Derry, Northern Ireland commemorate “the troubles” in mural reproductions and photographs.
TELLING THE STORY: THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND SOCIAL HISTORY
September 15 – October 29, 2000
Group exhibition featuring Louis Massiah, Christian Michel, the artists of Philadelphia Airbrush, Pang Xiong Sirirathasuk Sikoun, Kahlid Nasser, and Tyeakia that investigates the power of the visual image to heal wounds, commemorate individuals and events, and document upheaval. The exhibition includes pieces in a variety of media that chronicle moments in history for the public commemoration and private meditation.
A CONGO CHRONICLE: PATRICE LUMUMBA IN URBAN ART
September 15 – October 29, 2000
Guest curator: Bogumil Jewsiewicki
Organized by the Museum for African Art, New York
“THE TELLING OF UNTRUE THINGS” OR “HOW I LOVED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE ROLE”
July 10 – 25, 2000
A collaborative and interactive video installation investigating the nature of artistic stereotypes by the artist collective, BaseKamp.
KOMAR AND MELAMID'S ASIAN ELEPHANT ART CONSERVATION PROJECT
Paintings by prominent Asian elephants juxtaposed with photographs, videos, and documentation about the Project itself.
CUTTING WIT: PHILADELPHIA’S POLITICS OF HUMOR
May 31 – August 4, 2000
Work by Pulitzer-Prize winners Tony Auth, Editorial Cartoonist for the Philadelphia Inquirer; Signe Wilkinson, the Editorial Cartoonist for the Philadelphia Daily News; and historical selections on loan from the Library Company of Philadelphia.
MOORE COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN: STUDENT EXHIBITIONS: FIVE IN SPRING
April 6 – May 15, 2000
THOMAS HIRSCHHORN: ALTAR TO RAYMOND CARVER
March 7 – 26, 2000
Embodying a contemporary American writer’s vision through an international artist’s sensibilities, the installation will explore American reality, the materials and images of popular culture, and the everyday experience of a busy Philadelphia street.
Also on view: an installation on 20th Street between Cherry and Race Streets at the Hirschhorn/Reading Room
VALIE EXPORT: OB / DE+CON(STRUCTION)
January 18 – February 27, 2000
Austrian artist VALIE EXPORT created performative art that practiced the politics of experience and the sense-endowing gesture, demanding the involvement of the audience on a visceral level. Her work is distinctly feminist in nature - intended to provoke a social change and to overturn prevailing attitudes towards women.