From the start, the Zürich Biennial was an exhibition whose theme and reason to be was art. We live in a moment in which it seems as if the only option for group exhibitions is the thematic exhibition.
Jane Panetta, director of the collection at the Whitney Museum of American Art is heading to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she will work as a curator of modern and contemporary art.
The artists do share similar strategies and techniques, such as reliance on natural forms and textures, employed by Juan Antonio Olivares, Allison Janae Hamilton, and Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio who utilize shells, amphibious reptiles, and tree bark, respectively. Others like Kandis Williams, Carolina Caycedo, and Pallavi Sen integrate vegetation and its symbolism as a subject or means of presentation in the work.
Humane Ecology at the Clark Art Institute asks viewers to consider different interpretations of nature, including those of people who have been marginalized, silenced, and erased.