WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY ART AT BARD?


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[posted by Nathan Lee]

ARCHIVE

Archives Shapping Man, Andrzej Dudzinski

Archives Shaping Man, Andrzej Dudzinski


Documentation: THE CCS ARCHIVES

Notes from an interview with Ann Butler

The archive represents some of what was contemporary art at Bard, the histories of some of what is contemporary art at Bard, several of the institutional frameworks for what supports contemporary art at Bard. It is essentially the subconscious of CCS’s contribution to contemporary art at Bard.

Therefore, a few highlights that are especially relevant:

INSTITUTIONAL ARCHIVES: The entire exhibition history of CCS Bard and the Hessel Museum; documentation of all students, visiting artists, and faculty; documentation of all events related to CCS and the Hessel Museum; and all documentation relating to the history and development of CCS. PLUS: Edith C. Blum Art Institute Archives, an exhibition space that preceded the Hessel Museum and Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard from 1981-1992.

ARTIST FILES: documentation of all artists in the Hessel Museum collection; invitations, clippings, press releases, ephemera.

SUBJECT FILES: originally initiated by Marieluise Hessel, these are files of newspaper and magazine clippings organized thematically.

DWAN GALLERY ARCHIVES (1959-1971): commercial gallery with exhibition spaces in New York and Los Angeles.  Archive includes comprehensive exhibition documentation with checklists, photographs, press releases, posters and small publications, useful as a research tool for CCS students and researchers..

COLLABORATIVE PRACTICES ARCHIVE: will be available by the end of the year, collection donated by the Shedhalle in Zurich, a traveling archive documenting collaborative artistic and curatorial collectives through the early part of the 2000s.

MARY JANE JACOBS PAPERS: complete documentation of two shows, Places With a Past (1991) and Culture in Action (1993) including correspondence, process notes, and visual materials.

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