100 Years
PS1 Contemporary Art Center

Dates: 1 Nov 09 - 5 Apr 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City New York 11101
Tel: +1 718 784 2084 Website

The idea behind “100 Years”, which is is held in conjunction with the Performa 09 biennial, is to outline a history of performance art, marking the 100 years that have passed since the futurist manifesto was published. Images, documentation and films of performances, happenings and events trace such key works as Allan Kaprow’s 18 Happenings in 6 Parts, 1959, Yves Klein’s Anthropométrie de l’Epoque Bleue, 1960, Yoko Ono’s Bed In (Bed Peace), 1969, Matthew Barney’s Drawings Restraint, 1987-present, Tilda Swinton’s The Maybe, 1995, and Tino Sehgal’s Kiss, 2004. A different version of the show is at the Julia Stoschek Collection in Düsseldorf, Germany (until 31 July 2010). This show, curated by Klaus Biesenbach, PS1 chief curatorial adviser and MoMA chief curator of media and performance art, and RoseLee Goldberg, Performa’s director, is supported by the Annual Exhibition Fund of PS1 Contemporary Art Center and the Julia Stoschek Foundation.

Tilda Swinton’s The Maybe, 1995

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