THE GENERATIONAL: YOUNGER THAN JESUS
NEW MUSEUM, BOWERY, NEW YORK: APRIL 8-JULY 5, 2009
The exhibition opened April 8th to a buzz about the New Museum's attempt to grab all the attention from the Whitney Biennial. The show is a new survey of contemporary artists that will happen every three years, called "The Generational". The first edition, "Younger Than Jesus" has fifty artists from twenty-five countries. All the participants have to have been born after 1976, making all the artists under the age of 33 years old. With 145 works in "Younger Than Jesus" and filling the entire New Museum, the exhibit will explore many mediums: painting, drawing, film, photography, animation, installation, dance, performance, Internet-based work, and video games. "The Generational: Younger Than Jesus" will reflect the New Museum's 30 year mission to present new art and new ideas. This show will be the first major international museum exhibit of a generation born around 1980 that will explore what is currently shaping the future of global contemporary art. It has been said that some of the most influential representations in art and history have been made by young people in the early stages of their lives. The show presents the question...can artists from the same age group cut through cultural divides in our world, geographic limitations and nationalities? Only the viewer can answer...
Barbara Fosco
