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Now Here is also Nowhere: Part I

Paul Ramirez Jonas. Paper Moon (I create as I speak). 2008. 165 sheets of office paper, inkjet ink, music stand, amp, and microphone. Courtesy the artist.

Lower Level Galleries
October 27, 2012 — January 06, 2013
Now Here is also Nowhere is a two-part meditation and non-linear account of how — in making artworks about ideas and intangible concepts — artists continually question and destabilize the nature of the art object. The multi-generational exhibition includes works that examine the physicality of the body, both in its relation to the construction of form, and as a generator of knowledge and agent of change and exchange in diverse spheres of life. Works in the exhibition also deal with familiar but largely intangible concepts such as death, love, imagination, memory, knowledge systems, and the unknown.
The artworks in Now Here is also Nowhere are ephemeral, immaterial, and embrace contingency; many of them are the result of orchestrated private and/or public actions. The works in the exhibition act as a reminder that the desire to pose questions and address issues related to mind, body and soul are central to artistic practice.
ARTISTS
John Baldessari
Mike Bidio
Pierre Bismuth
Karl Blossfeldt
Marcel Broodthaers
Stefan Brüggemann
Luis Camnitzer
John Divola
Paul Elliman
Hans-Peter Feldmann
Tom Friedman
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Rachel Harrison
Kimsooja
Jiří Kovanda
Louise Lawler
Mark Lombardi
Jill Magid
Paul Ramirez Jonas
Ján Mančuška
Christian Marclay
Robert Motherwell
Max Ophüls
Yvonne Rainier
Ranjani Shettar
Santiago Sierra
Sue Tompkins
Franz Erhard Walther
Francesca Woodman
CREDITS

Now Here is also Nowhere is curated by Luis Croquer, Deputy Director of Art and Education with assistance from Merith Bennett, Senior Curatorial Associate. The exhibition is made possible with generous support from 4Culture/King County Lodging Tax, ArtsFund, The Boeing Company, and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.