The Ghost of Architecture: Recent and Promised Gifts

Lower Level Galleries

July 13, 2013 — September 29, 2013

The Ghost of Architecture celebrates the addition of important works of art to the Henry's permanent collection in the last five years.

Curated from recent gifts and promised gifts to the collection, the exhibition focuses on contemporary works that invoke architecture without citing it directly. Architecture or the architectural dimension is referenced by the artists in the show, either as a displaced or isolated fragment, as fantasy or folly, as the site of ordinary or extraordinary events, or as memory or the missing context in larger narratives.

ARTISTS

Christian Marclay

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Kevin Appel

Guy Ben-Ner

Oliver Boberg

Edward Burtynsky

Dawn Clements

Andy Coolquitt

Stéphane Couturier

Jacob Dahlgren

Spencer Finch

Neil Goldberg

Corin Hewitt

Carsten Höller

Los Carpinteros

Luisa Lambri

Josephine Meckseper

Vik Muniz

Shirin Neshat

Juliana Paciulli

Javier Piñon

Ross Sawyers

CREDITS

The Ghost of Architecture is organized by Luis Croquer, Deputy Director of Art and Education, with support from Judy Sourakli, Curator of Collections and Merith Bennett, Senior Curatorial Associate. The exhibition is generously supported by The Barton Family Foundation in memory of Irving Marcus; Cathy and Michael Casteel; the Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation; William and Ruth True; and the Bagley and Virginia Wright Fund.