Riley Seminar Room, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Admission is free and open to the public. Note: attendees must obtain free tickets from a kiosk at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to gain admittance.
Part of the Professional Practices for Visual Artists lecture series, funded by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.
Coco Fusco is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist, writer and director of Intermedia Initiatives at Parsons. She has performed, lectured, exhibited and curated around the world since 1988. She is a recipient of a 2003 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts. Fusco's performances and videos have been included two Whitney Biennials (2008 and 1993), the Sydney Biennale, The Johannesburg Biennial, The Kwangju Biennale, The Shanghai Biennale, InSite O5, Transmediale, The London International Theatre Festival, VideoBrasil and Performa05. She is the author of English is Broken Here: Notes on Cultural Fusion in the Americas (1995) and The Bodies that Were Not Ours and Other Writings (2001), and A Field Guide for Female Interrogators (2008). She is also the editor of Corpus Delecti: Performance Art of the Americas (1999) and Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self (2003).
February 19–August 21, 2011
Courtyard Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Co-curated by students Chelsea Coon and Stephen St. Francis Decky this exhibition presents work by five Museum School artists whose highly distinct visions suggest the unlimited potential for new life forms and tap into our long history of invented beings. Sofya Belinskaya, Amanda Bonaiuto, Chelsea Coon, Stephen St. Francis Decky and Cara Mayo.
Artist Talk: March 9, 6–7 pm.
March 30–April 30, 2011
Grossman Gallery
A multimedia exhibition of work by three artists completing the Fifth Year Certificate program: Lynda Michaud Cutrell, Senem Karvak and David Pappas.
March 30–April 30, 2011
Anderson Auditorium
Since 1899, this award program has supported post-graduate work and travel for select SMFA artists. Exhibition showcases work by the 2009 recipients: Nathan Boyer, David D'Agostino, Ariel Kotker and Kate Sinnott, featuring installations and videos.
"Here We Are, Who Cares?"
2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition/Group Show
April 1–30, 2011
NK Gallery
460A Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
Hours: Wednesday–Saturday 11 am–4 pm, Sunday–Tuesday by appointment
Opening Reception: Friday, April 1, 5–8 pm
"Here We Are, Who Cares?" implies a variety of readings. It is at once breezily flippant and a shrug of indifference at the world's follies and clashes. Subtly sarcastic, this is an ironic announcement of a group of artists whose work ranges from absurd humor to profound pathos. Rooted in accumulated narratives, migratory paths and fragmented evidence alluding to collective memory, "Here We Are Who Cares?" permits viewers to inhabit several little universes, where things belong to no one and, paradoxically, everyone.
Featuring:
Dell M. Hamilton
Heather M. La Force
Daisy Patton
Sofia Botero
Ingrid Sanchez
