Much of contemporary photography and video seems haunted by the past, by ghostly apparitions that are reanimated in reproductive media, as well as in live performance and the virtual world. By using dated, passé, or quasi-extinct stylistic devices, subject matter, and technologies, this art embodies a melancholic longing for an otherwise unrecuperable past. Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance examines the myriad ways photographic imagery is incorporated into recent practice and in the process underscores the unique power of reproductive media while documenting a widespread contemporary obsession, both collective and individual, with accessing the past. The works included in the exhibition range from individual photographs and photographic series, to sculptures and paintings that incorporate photographic elements, and to videos, both on monitors and projected, as well as film, performance, and site-specific installations. Drawn primarily from the Guggenheim Museum collection, Haunted will feature recent acquisitions, many of which will be exhibited by the museum for the first time. Included in the show will be work by such artists as Marina Abramovic , Bernd and Hilla Becher, Sophie Calle , Gregory Crewdson , Tacita Dean , Stan Douglas , Felix Gonzalez-Torres , Roni Horn , Zoe Leonard , Robert Rauschenberg , Cindy Sherman , Hiroshi Sugimoto , Jeff Wall , and Andy Warhol . A significant part of the exhibition will be dedicated to work created since 2001 by younger artists. This exhibition is curated by Jennifer Blessing, Curator of Photography, and Nat Trotman, Associate Curator.
Artists: Marina Abramovic , Bernd und Hilla Becher , Christian Boltanski , Sophie Calle , Paul Chan , Tacita Dean , Thomas Demand , Stan Douglas , Douglas Gordon , Roni Horn , Joan Jonas , Sally Mann , Christian Marclay , Susan Philipsz , Robert Rauschenberg , Cindy Sherman , Hiroshi Sugimoto , Jeff Wall , Andy Warhol , Lawrence Weiner , Sharon Hayes , Joan Jonas , Tris Vonna-Michell