Current Exhibitions

Summer 2009

Rirkrit Tiravanija: Chew the Fat

May 8 to July 27, 2009
Barney A. Ebsworth Gallery

Rirkrit Tiravanija interviews twelve international artists of his generation who rose to prominence in the 1990s in this installation featuring the film CHEW THE FAT (A documentary portrait by Rirkrit Tiravanija) (2008), originally produced for the Guggenheim's exhibition theanyspacewhatever (October 24, 2008 January 7, 2009). Tiravanija captures each artist in an intimate setting, and while the artists discuss their working lives, the conversations wander and evolve to include a wide range of topics and ideas resulting in a series of fascinating portraits. The interviews are displayed on multiple monitors installed throughout the gallery, which is transformed into a laid-back viewing lounge. The featured artists include Angela Bulloch, Maurizio Cattelan, Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Douglas Gordon, Carsten Höller, Pierre Huyghe, Jorge Pardo, Philippe Parreno, Elizabeth Peyton, Tobias Rehberger, and Andrea Zittel.

2009 MFA Thesis Exhibition

May 8 to July 27, 2009
College of Art Gallery
Barney A. Ebsworth Gallery

The exhibition features thesis projects by twenty-seven master of fine arts candidates in Washington University's Graduate School of Art, part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.

Beyond Identity

May 9 to July 27, 2009
Teaching Gallery

Organized in conjunction with the Diversity Arts Youth Program to be held at Washington University in St. Louis this summer, this Teaching Gallery installation brings together works from the Kemper Art Museum's permanent collection that address and complicate topics of race, gender, sexual orientation, and class. Artworks by Glenn Ligon, Gran Fury, and Annette Lemieux, among others, will provide visitors an opportunity to explore the various visual and textual strategies employed by these artists, the manner in which they grapple with the complex politics of identity, and the distinct ways each work engages and implicates the viewer.

The Diversity Arts Youth Program is two week-long summer arts immersion retreat for teenagers weaving the performing and visual arts with dialogue about social justice and issues of diversity in the St. Louis community. This program is coordinated by the Diversity Awareness Partnership (DAP), an organization dedicated to promoting diversity in the St. Louis region.