Books
30 Seconds Off an Inch
Title: 30 Seconds Off an Inch
Copyright: 2009
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Publisher: Studio Museum in Harlem
Author: Thelma Golden
Type: Paperback w/ spiral binding
Topic: Thematic Exhibitions

"The Studio Museum in Harlem will open the fall/winter season with a major exhibition entitled 30 Seconds off an Inch. This survey will bring together contemporary artworks by a group of artists who, having absorbed the lessons of U.S.-based Conceptual art and identity politics, imbue their respective practices with a critical sense of play and irreverence adopted from Fluxus, Arte Povera, Gutai and Neoconcretism, among other international movements. 30 Seconds takes the singular practices and conceptual methods of black artists active on the West Coast in the late 1960s and early 1970s as a starting point—work that inspired a bodily engagement in conceptual practice.

"Presenting approximately one hundred works by dozens of artists, the exhibition will provide an overview of a generation of artists who use a variety of media, including photography, video, large-scale sculpture, figurative painting and site-specific installations. 30 Seconds aims to show how this group of artists engages with the body and race in clever, subtle and astute ways.

"30 Seconds off an Inch has been generously supported by a grant from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust and with additional support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts."

-StudioMuseum.org

Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative is a program of the The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, and administered by The University of the Arts.