Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art - Uncertain States of America

The exhibition is curated by the museums director Gunnar B. Kvaran and the internationally acclaimed curators Daniel Birnbaum and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Wishing to provide a picture of the new generation of American artists, the curators have chosen young artists with a new vision. This art can be characterized as narrative and with a clear social and political consciousness. Yet one can also find a wide specter of themes and artistic ‘languages' in the exhibition, which, in addition to extensive multi-media installations, includes a video- and sculpture exhibition, together with a program of performances, a lecture series and an extensive catalogue.

The artists presented in the exhibition:

Allora & Calzadilla - Edgar Arceneaux/Rodney McMillian - Devendra Banhart - Frank Benson - Jennifer Bornstein - Mike Bouchet - Matthew Brannon - Anthony Burdin - Paul Chan - Sean Dack - Trisha Donnelly - Jim Drain - Piero Golia - Hannah Greely - Taft Green - Guyton\Walker - Karl Haendel - Christian Holstad - Shane Huffman - Jiae Hwang - Matthew Day Jackson - Matt Johnson - Miranda July - Nate Lowman - Daria Martin - Matt McCormick - Ohad Meromi - Kori Newkirk - Seth Price - Adam Putnam - Cristina Lei Rodriguez - Matthew Ronay - Mika Rottenberg - Aïda Ruilova - Paul Sietsema - Josh Smith - Mika Tajima - TM Sisters - Jordan Wolfson - Mario Ybarra Jr. - Aaron Young

Welcome to Uncertain States of America Seminar - Saturday November 26th

11.00 am: Presentation by the curators - Daniel Birnbaum, Gunnar B. Kvaran, Hans Ulrich Obrist

12.00 pm: Miranda July - artist talk

12.30 pm: Lunch

1.30 pm: Something Else - Lecture Series curated by Adam Putnam

Adam Putnam (NYC): Black & Blue, the art of Steven Parrino and Yves Klein.

Jesse Bransford (NYC): Melancholy

Seth Kelly (NYC): On Immensity: images and readings of deep time; a journey from the 19th century to oblivion.

Ilana Halperin (Glasgow): Ruins in Reverse

Trisha Donnelly (San Francisco): un-named

(finished by 3.30 pm)

Seminar fee (lunch included): NOK 200,-
Registration: a.oveland@fearnleys.no (tel: +47 22 93 60 60) by Friday November 22

Uncertain States of America - American Art in the 3rd Millennium