www.smfa.edu/exhibitions | 617.369.3718 RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE RE-RUN (STILL), 2013
EXHIBITIONS + PUBLIC PROGRAMS
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON FALL 2015 230 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115
RELATED EVENTS
FALL INVITATIONAL September 17–October 17, 2015 Raqs Media Collective: Luminous Will Mrs. E. Ross Anderson Auditorium Barbara and Steven Grossman Gallery Opening Reception: September 17, 2015, 5–7 pm Does history repeat itself, or simply rehearse its moves in anticipation? Can we read chronicles in terms of deferrals and déjà-vu rather than in terms of climaxes and closures? “Luminous Will” refers to an eponymous work by Raqs Media Collective, where the hands of the clock index words that become phrases. The question of what is or can be a ‘luminous will’—an illuminated, iridescent desire for life itself—is central to the constellation of works that constitute the exhibition. The artists will transform the galleries into a habitat for thoughtfulness, affect, and the elaboration of a playful sense of plenitude.
Join Raqs and the MFA’s Joan Wright, Bettina Burr Conservator, Asian Conservation Studio, in a seminar setting to study this exquisite early 17th century Mughal drawing that served as a starting point for envisioning “Luminous Will.” Space is limited. RSVP at smfa.edu/raqs
“For Giving Time” will explore the idea of history, our experience of simultaneous temporalities, transnational ancestralities, and other urgent questions regarding contemporary art, social movements, and global mobility. Featuring this fall’s SMFA visiting artists, Raqs Media Collective; with Robert Sember of Ultra-red; SMFA graduate student Danica Arimany; faculty member and curator Carol Stakenas; and facilitated by artist-scholar Dalida María Benfield.
East Seminar Room, Museum of Fine Arts
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts
Closer Look: Dying Inayat Khan (1618–19)
For Giving Time: Graduate Colloquium 2015–16
September 18, 2015, 3–4:30 pm
September 16, 2015, 6:30–9 pm
September 18, 2015, 6:30–8:30 pm Lived Histories and the After-Life of Images: Raqs Media Collective, Homi Bhabha, and Abishek Kaicker Anderson Auditorium A conversation on human lives and the life of images with Raqs; Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature and Language and Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University; and Abhishek Kaicker, Junior Fellow, Harvard University and Assistant Professor of History at University of California Berkeley. Co-hosted with the Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University.
RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE LUMINOUS WILL, 2014
Made possible in part through the generosity of Sandy Moose and Eric Birch. Special thanks to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Artist-in-Residency Program.
Founded in 1992 by Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula, and Shuddhabrata Sengupta, the Raqs Media Collective enjoys playing a plurality of roles, often appearing as artists, occasionally as curators, sometimes as philosophical agent provocateurs. The members of Raqs (pronounced Rux) live and work in Delhi, where they co-founded Sarai at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in 2000. They are part of the 56th Venice Biennale in “All The World’s Futures.” Recent exhibitions include solo shows at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi (2014-2015); the Chronus Art Center, Shanghai (2014); Centro de Arte dos de Mayos, Madrid (2014) and MUAC, Mexico City (2015).
BALCHAND, DYING INAYAT KHAN, 1618–19. INK AND LIGHT WASH ON PAPER. FRANCIS BARTLETT DONATION OF 1912 AND PICTURE FUND. PHOTOGRAPH ©MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON.
GALLERY HOURS: Mon–Sat: 10 am–5 pm Thurs: 10 am–8 pm Sun + Holidays: CLOSED
www.smfa.edu/exhibitions | 617.369.3718 RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE RE-RUN (STILL), 2013
EXHIBITIONS + PUBLIC PROGRAMS
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON FALL 2015 230 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115
RELATED EVENTS
FALL INVITATIONAL
September 16, 2015, 6:30–9 pm
September 18, 2015, 3–4:30 pm
For Giving Time: Graduate Colloquium 2015–16
Closer Look: Dying Inayat Khan (1618–19)
September 17–October 17, 2015
Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts
Raqs Media Collective: Luminous Will
East Seminar Room, Museum of Fine Arts
“For Giving Time” will explore the idea of history, our experience of simultaneous temporalities, transnational ancestralities, and other urgent questions regarding contemporary art, social movements, and global mobility. Featuring this fall’s SMFA visiting artists, Raqs Media Collective; with Robert Sember of Ultra-red; SMFA graduate student Danica Arimany; faculty member and curator Carol Stakenas; and facilitated by artist-scholar Dalida María Benfield.
Join Raqs and the MFA’s Joan Wright, Bettina Burr Conservator, Asian Conservation Studio, in a seminar setting to study this exquisite early 17th century Mughal drawing that served as a starting point for envisioning “Luminous Will.” Space is limited. RSVP at smfa.edu/raqs
Mrs. E. Ross Anderson Auditorium Barbara and Steven Grossman Gallery Opening Reception: September 17, 2015, 5–7 pm Does history repeat itself, or simply rehearse its moves in anticipation? Can we read chronicles in terms of deferrals and déjà-vu rather than in terms of climaxes and closures? “Luminous Will” refers to an eponymous work by Raqs Media Collective, where the hands of the clock index words that become phrases. The question of what is or can be a ‘luminous will’—an illuminated, iridescent desire for life itself—is central to the constellation of works that constitute the exhibition. The artists will transform the galleries into a habitat for thoughtfulness, affect, and the elaboration of a playful sense of plenitude.
September 18, 2015, 6:30–8:30 pm Lived Histories and the After-Life of Images: Raqs Media Collective, Homi Bhabha, and Abishek Kaicker Anderson Auditorium A conversation on human lives and the life of images with Raqs; Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature and Language and Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University; and Abhishek Kaicker, Junior Fellow, Harvard University and Assistant Professor of History at University of California Berkeley. Co-hosted with the Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University.
RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE LUMINOUS WILL, 2014
Made possible in part through the generosity of Sandy Moose and Eric Birch. Special thanks to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Artist-in-Residency Program.
Founded in 1992 by Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula, and Shuddhabrata Sengupta, the Raqs Media Collective enjoys playing a plurality of roles, often appearing as artists, occasionally as curators, sometimes as philosophical agent provocateurs. The members of Raqs (pronounced Rux) live and work in Delhi, where they co-founded Sarai at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in 2000. They are part of the 56th Venice Biennale in “All The World’s Futures.” Recent exhibitions include solo shows at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi (2014-2015); the Chronus Art Center, Shanghai (2014); Centro de Arte dos de Mayos, Madrid (2014) and MUAC, Mexico City (2015).
BALCHAND, DYING INAYAT KHAN, 1618–19. INK AND LIGHT WASH ON PAPER. FRANCIS BARTLETT DONATION OF 1912 AND PICTURE FUND. PHOTOGRAPH ©MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON.
GALLERY HOURS: Mon–Sat: 10 am–5 pm Thurs: 10 am–8 pm Sun + Holidays: CLOSED
STUDENT EXHIBITIONS
VISITING ARTIST’S SERIES
September 11–25, 2015
For a full schedule of programs, visit our website smfa.edu/exhibitions.
New Student Salon Show: One SMFA Community
All lectures are free and open to the public. Free tickets to lectures at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) may be obtained at any MFA kiosk or ticket desk.
Weems Center, Project Space, BAG Gallery Centered on the theme of orientation, this year’s annual salon features original works by our newest members of the SMFA community.
The SMFA Visiting Artists Series includes Wednesday night artist talks and more events co-developed with each visitor to host conversations about their artistic processes as well as deepen exchange with students.
September 4–25, 2015 Students Curate Students: Cheng Zhong/In the City Mission Hill Gallery Opening Reception: September 4, 5–7 pm Organized by MFA students Dekuan Deng and Furen Dai “Cheng Zhong” explores the reflections and responses to the radical changes occurring in major cities in China and other global urban centers.
September 28– October 2, 2015 Max Avi Kaplan: HfBK Exchange Works
The 2015-2016 SMFA Visiting Artists Series is made possible through the generosity of Sandy Moose and Eric Birch. GONZALO FUENMAYOR GENESIS I, 2013 MUSEUM PURCHASE WITH FUNDS DONATED BY LEIGH BONILLA BRAUDE THROUGH THE HERITAGE FUND FOR A DIVERSE COLLECTION AND AN ANONYMOUS DONOR.© GONZALO FUENMAYOR. COURTESY, MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
Mission Hill Gallery
MAX AVI KAPLAN COMPACTS (DETAIL), 2015
Gallery Talk: October 1, 12–2 pm
Through September 13, 2015
An exhibition of works created by MFA student Kaplan during an exchange fellowship at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg, Germany.
Eunice and Julian Cohen Galleria, Museum of Fine Arts
September 30–October 17, 2015
Gonzalo Fuenmayor: Tropical Mythologies
Eva Respini
October 28, 2015, 6:30 pm Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts
steve roden
September 30, 2015, 6:30 pm Anderson Auditorium
SMFA AT THE MFA
BECKWITH LECTURE
steve roden is a visual and sound artist from Pasadena, CA. His working process uses various forms of specific notation (words, musical scores, maps, etc.) and translates them through selfinvented systems into scores, which then influence the process of painting, drawing, sculpture, and composition.
Fuenmayor (MFA ’04), the 2013 SMFA Traveling Fellow, explores notions of national identity, geographic displacement, and ethnic stereotypes in charcoal drawings, photographs, and video.
Eva Respini, the Barbara Lee Chief Curator at ICA/Boston, previously served as Curator at the Museum of Modern Art, where she organized the critically acclaimed retrospectives Cindy Sherman and Robert Heinecken as well as exhibitions with artists Klara Liden, Anne Collier, Leslie Hewitt, and Akram Zaatari. She is currently organizing the first US museum survey of Walid Raad and the first museum survey of Liz Deschenes.
LIBRARY SOUNDS steve roden: Listening Party
SMFA Area Shows
September 29, 2015, 6:30 pm
Weems Center, Project Space, BAG Gallery, Downstairs Gallery
W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library steve roden plays special finds from his eclectic and expansive record collection and will discuss his unique connection to sound and collecting. Co-hosted with Library Sounds.
This series will showcase new works and student curated exhibitions from across disciplines to enliven SMFA public spaces. DREAD SCOTT ON THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF FREEDOM IN A COUNTRY FOUNDED ON SLAVERY AND GENOCIDE (PERFORMANCE STILL), 2014
October 5–16, 2015 Post-Baccalaureate Fall Exhibition
Dread Scott
Tetuzi Akiyama, Jason Kahn, Bryan Eubanks, and Toshimaru Nakamura
Mission Hill Gallery
October 7, 2015, 6:30 pm
Sunday, November 15, 2015, 8 pm
Featuring new works from the current class of Post-Bac students.
Anderson Auditorium
Room 202
Dread Scott makes revolutionary art to propel history forward. Working in a range of media including performance, photography, screenprinting, video, installation and painting, he has exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA PS1, and at the Pori Art Museum, Finland, among others.
FREE for SMFA students/$15 general admission $10 non-event members + students
HILARY ZELSON ELEMENTAL (DETAIL), 2014
SMFA ART SALE
Through October 11, 2015 Hilary Zelson: Elemental Edward H. Linde Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts MFA student Zelson worked with children from the Museum’s ten Community Arts Initiative partners over the past school year to create a large scale installation based on the six elements found in every work of art: line, shape, form, value, color, and texture.
Featuring Japanese and American musicians coming together to fuse free improvisation, noise, experimental electronics, and the uncategorizable in a fresh and vibrant approach to group playing and spontaneous music creation. Part of SMFA’s Library Sounds, an experimental music series. Co-hosted with Non-event. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Boston Cultural Council, which is funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and administrated by the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism, and Special Events; SMFA; and by the Japan Foundation through the Performing Arts JAPAN program.
November 19—22, 2015 First Floor, SMFA Opening Reception: November 19, 5–8 pm SONYA CLARK HAIR CRAFT PROJECT (IFE), 2014
The SMFA Art Sale is a highly anticipated annual event for art lovers, showcasing an impressive range of SMFA’s emerging and established artists. Shop an eclectic mix of artworks that changes daily to benefit student scholarships.
Sonya Clark in Conversation with Emily Zilber
October 13, 2015, 12:30 pm Room B311
Hours: November 19–21, 10 am–8 pm November 22, 10 am–5 pm STEVE RODEN LEFTOVER-RIGHTOVER, 2015
smfa.edu/exhibitions
Sonya Clark’s work celebrates the hand and head as subject matter within a cross-cultural context. Emily Zilber is the Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Clark and Zilber will discuss the full cycle of Clark’s site-specific performance commissioned for “Crafted: Objects in Flux.”
ULTRA-RED UNTITLED (FOR SMALL ENSEMBLE) (PERFORMANCE STILL), 2007