The attacks of September 11, 2001 were among the most pictured disasters in history, yet they remain, a decade later, underrepresented in cultural discourse--particularly within the realm of contemporary art. Responding to these conditions, MoMA PS1 curator Peter Eleey brings together more than 70 works by 41 artists--many made prior to 9/11--to explore the attacks’ enduring resonance. Eschewing both images of the event itself and art made directly in response, the exhibition and its accompanying catalogue provide a subjective framework within which to reflect upon the attacks and their aftermath, and explore the ways that they have altered how we see and experience the world in their wake. Opening on the tenth anniversary of the attacks, September 11 includes works by Diane Arbus, John Chamberlain, Bruce Conner, Christo, Ellsworth Kelly, Mary Lucier, Stephen Vitiello and others.

September 11

Arts & Photography

Peter Eleey

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

MoMA PS1

Jason Dodge takes ordinary objects such as gloves, pants or balls of yarn and assigns them bizarre titles. This publication presents Dodge's work alongside a variety of literary texts that contextualize his experiments.

Jason Dodge: I Woke Up. There Was A Note in My Pocket Explaining What Had Happened

Jason Dodge

Catrin Lorch

Reference

Hatje Cantz

A collection of remarkable paintings created mostly without paint. Since the mid1990s, Sergej Jensen (b. in Copenhagen in 1971) has been offering one of the most remarkable responses to the question of what painting can still be today. Painting in the classical sense plays only a minor role: in lieu of canvas, Jensen uses jute, coarse cotton, and jeans. He incorporates spots on fabrics, which turn the expressive gesture of his paintings into a sign of wear from real life. Jensen sews fabrics together, leaving the seams visible to evoke the fleeting impression of a drawing and he colors others with gouache, acrylics, and markers, but Jensen more often applies materials foreign to painting, such as patches, paper money, spices, beads, and glitter. Hanging his fabrics from windows, Jensen lets the sun and rain contribute a patina and treats them with chlorine and paints mixed with bleach to reduce their brilliance.

Sergej Jensen

Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson

Helmut Draxler

Jacob Fabricius

Rainald Goetz

Dirk von Lowtzow

Melanie Ohnemus

Susanne Pfeffer

History & Criticism

DISTANZ

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