Jet Curtis
I'm watching.
Outta SITE!
In this age of security, it is rare for the feds to dole out large sums for art, yet SITE
Santa Fe
is one of 788 national, regional, state and local nonprofit organizations to receive an National Endowment for the Arts Art Works grant ---
SITE Santa Fe is recommended for a $75,000 grant to support the exhibition More Real? Art in the Age of Truthinesswhich premiers in Santa Fe in July. The 788 Art Works grants support the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts and the strengthening of communities through the arts.
This exhibition features works by an international roster of contemporary artists whose works explore the ways we construct and perceive reality in our everyday lives. More Real? proposes that we now live in an " Age of Truthiness, " a time when our understanding of the truth is no longer bound to anything tangible, provable, or factual . Among the 27 artists in the show are Ai Weiwei, I a igo Manglano Ovalle, Eve Sussman, Vik Muniz, Thomas Demand, Eva and Franco Mattes and Pierre Huyghe.
I imagine this level of arts funding from the US. Gov't may have been a clerical error.
What's it all about? The entrance into the building will serve as a disorientation room for the show where visitors will first learn about the themes of the exhibition. Other elements ofMore Real? include , a micro-website, a fictional exhibition orientation video by artist Jonn Herschend, the introduction of QR Codes and audience scripted object labels, and aMore Real?Guide to the City of Santa Fe . All of these components of the exhibition are intended to extend the visitor experience and further engage audiences.
More Real? Art in the Age of Truthiness opens at SITE Santa Fe on Sunday, July 8, 2012 and runs through January 6, 2013. For more information on the opening weekend events on July 6-8, including and the Gala Dinner, please call 505-989-1199 x 22. The exhibition travels to the Minneapolis Institute of Art from March 3 - June 2, 2013 for those of you who either like to do "art tour" or happen to live in the Twin Cities region.
Until next week …
