30 Seconds off an Inch
Nicole Miller, Alphabet, 2009
The Studio Museum in Harlem will open the fall/winter season with a major exhibition entitled 30 Seconds off an Inch. This survey will bring together contemporary artworks by a group of artists who, having absorbed the lessons of U.S.-based Conceptual art and identity politics, imbue their respective practices with a critical sense of play and irreverence adopted from Fluxus, Arte Povera, Gutai and Neoconcretism, among other international movements. 30 Seconds takes the singular practices and conceptual methods of black artists active on the West Coast in the late 1960s and early 1970s as a starting point–work that inspired a bodily engagement in conceptual practice.
Presenting approximately one hundred works by dozens of artists, the exhibition will provide an overview of a generation of artists who use a variety of media, including photography, video, large-scale sculpture, figurative painting and site-specific installations. 30 Seconds aims to show how this group of artists engages with the body and race in clever, subtle and astute ways.
Adel Abdessemed, Edgar Arceneux, Jabu Arnell, Kabir Carter, William Cordova,Thierry Fontaine, Charles Gaines, Deborah Grant, Rashawn Griffin, David Hammons, Maren Hassinger, Leslie Hewitt, Wayne Hodge, Rashid Johnson, Jennie C. Jones, Jayson Keeling, Simone Leigh, Glenn Ligon, Dave McKenzie, Nicole Miller, My Barbarian, Kori Newkirk, Chris Ofili, Demetrius Oliver, Karyn Olivier, John Outterbridge, Clifford Owens, Akosua Adoma Owusu, William Pope, Michael Queenland, Robin Rhode, Jimmy Robert, Nadine Robinson, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Gary Simmons, Xaviera Simmons, Shinique Smith, Soda_Jerk, Kianja Strobert, Stacy-Lynn Waddell, and Nari Ward.
30 Seconds off an Inch
Opening: November 11, 7-9 pm
November 12, 2009 — March 14, 2010
The Studio Museum in Harlem
144 West 125th St
New York, NY
Adel Abdessemed, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Charles Gaines, Chris Ofili, Clifford Owens, Dave McKenzie, David Hammons, Deborah Grant, Demetrius Oliver, Edgar Arceneux, Gary Simmons, Glenn Ligon, Jabu Arnell, Jayson Keeling, Jennie C. Jones, Jimmy Robert, John Outterbridge, Kabir Carter, Karyn Olivier, Kianja Strobert, Kori Newkirk, Leslie Hewitt, Maren Hassinger, Michael Queenland, My Barbarian, Nadine Robinson, Nari Ward, Nicole Miller, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Rashawn Griffin, Rashid Johnson, Robin Rhode, Shinique Smith, Simone Leigh, Soda_Jerk, Stacy-Lynn Waddell, Studio Museum, Thierry Fontaine, Wayne Hodge, William Cordova, William Pope, Xaviera Simmons
