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September 13-November 7, 2007
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[Yasser Aggour, Darren Almond, Janine Antoni, Richard Billingham,
Miguel Calderón, Mitch Epstein, Hai Bo, Lyle Ashton Harris,
Ari Marcopoulos, Malerie Marder, Jonathan Monk, Anneè Olofsson,
Adrian Paci, Chris Verene, Gillian Wearing, Zhang Huan]>>>
Curated by Ralph Rugoff
Shoot the Family explores undercurrents of contemporary domestic life with artists’ portrayals of members of their own families. The artists use their relatives and partners as subjects, creating photographs and videos that are harrowingly intimate and question any pretense of objectivity between image-maker and subject.
Presenting approximately fifty works made in the past fifteen years by artists active in North America, Europe, and Asia, the exhibition examines contemporary definitions and notions of family. It reveals the complexity of those ideas that inevitably encompass broader historical, social, and economic considerations. The works of art offer multi-layered representations of the family as a dynamic and continually evolving social institution, drawing on practices inspired by documentary and staged photography, as well as conceptual art and performance art.
Shoot the Family is a traveling exhibition organized and circulated by [iCI (Independent Curators International)]>>>, New York and curated by Ralph Rugoff. The exhibition, tour, and publication are made possible, in part, by a grant from The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, with additional support from the iCI Exhibition Partners and the iCI independents.
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Yasser Aggour, Tea Party (Family Portrait), 1999
cibachrome print, 39 x 71 inches
courtesy of the artist
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Miguel Calderón, Family Portrait, 2000
c-print, 45 x 67.5 inches
courtesy Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
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Janine Antoni, Momme, 1995
cibachrome print, 35 x 29.375 inches, framed
courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York
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Gillian Wearing, Self-Portrait as My Brother Richard Wearing, 2003
digital chromogenic print, 71 x 47 inches
courtesy of Jennifer and David Stockman, Greenwich, Connecticut
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Mitch Epstein, Circles for Dots, 2003
single-channel video with sound, 8 minutes
courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
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Anneè Olofsson, I put my foot deep in the tracks that you made, 2000
chromogenic print, 55 x 41.33 inches
courtesy of the artist
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Ari Marcopoulos, Nosebleed, 2003
inkjet print, 19 x 13 inches
courtesy of the artist
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Richard Billingham, Ray in Bed, 2000
single-channel video with sound, 5 minutes, 34 seconds
courtesy Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
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Chris Verene, My Twin Cousin and Me in the Girls’ Old Bedroom from the Galesburg series, 1994
chromogenic print with oil inscription, 36 x 30 inches
courtesy of the artist
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Zhang Huan, Foam #9, 1998
chromogenic print, 60 x 40 inches
courtesy of the artist
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Lyle Ashton Harris, Untitled (Back #56 Thomas), 1998
Polaroid print, 35 x 24 inches
courtesy of the artist and CRG Gallery, New York
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Malerie Marder, The Marder Sisters, 2000
chromogenic print, 48 x 60 inches
courtesy of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Nicolas Rohatyn, New York
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Jonathan Monk, My Mother’s Dog Gets Nervous When I Go Home, 2000
12 gelatin silver prints, 11 x 14 inches each
courtesy of the artist and Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York
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Darren Almond, Traction, 1999
three-channel video with sound, 28 minutes
Courtesy the artist and Jay Jopling/White Cube, London
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