... it's how you play the game

Dates

Nov. 5, 1994 - Jan. 28, 1995

Curators

Thelma Golden
Jeanette Ingberman & Papo Colo
Nancy Spector
Robert Storr

Artists

Terry Adkins
Janine Antoni
Ida Applebroog
Mary Carlson
Maureen Connor
Mary Delmonico
Cirilio Rayos Domine
Suzan Etkin
Nan Goldin
Felix Gonzalez-Torrez
Gregory Green
Mark Greenwold
Beth Haggart
Oliver Herring
Jim Hodges
Roni Horn
Kate Howard
Brad Kahlhammer
Y.Z. Kami
Dennis Kardon
Kit Keith
Whitfield Lovell
Mary Ellen Mark
Alfredo Martinez
Faith Ringgold
Laura Sansone
Teresa Serano
Cindy Sherman
Kiki Smith
Charles Spurrier
Peter Soriano
Tony Stanzione
Georgina Starr
Jack Whitten
Martin Wong

Exhibition

   ... it's how you play the game was a collaborative, conceptual exhibition project which investigated the curatorial process and revealed how curators' choices are reflective of their aesthetic and critical values. The show was conceived of as a game in which the participants, five curators of contemporary art - Thelma Golden of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Nancy Spector of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Robert Storr of The Museum of Modern Art, and Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo of Exit Art / The First World - each took turns selecting and installing works of art chosen in response to the other curators' selections.

   ... it's how you play the game opened on November 5th with each curator first selecting and installing several works of art in Exit Art / The First World's galleries. In the succeeding weeks the five curators took turns independently choosing and installing new works in response to the previous curators' selections. In this way, ... it's how you play the game changed and expanded both physically and visually each week, reflecting and reinforcing a curatorial dialogue.

   ... it's how you play the game stimulated dialogues among curators, artists, and the public on issues such as: the role of the institution, the philosophy of collections, the criteria determining curatorial choices, the artists' position within this process, and exhibition installation and its influence on our understanding of a work of art.







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