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NEW YORK, July 6, 2007-What Is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection is an. exhibition of 50 works of art, each of which offers a different …

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WHAT IS PAINTING? CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE COLLECTION PRESENTS
MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES ON PAINTING SINCE THE SIXTIES
What Is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection
The Joan and Preston Robert Tisch Gallery, sixth floor
July 7-September 17, 2007
NEW YORK, July 6, 2007-What Is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection is an
exhibition of 50 works of art, each of which offers a different response to the question “What is
painting?”, ranging in expression from ironic to sincere, from figurative to abstract, and from an
embrace of painterly gesture to cooler serial styles. Avoiding a strictly linear or thematic
approach, What Is Painting? proposes a multifaceted view of painting, understood both as
material practice and as a conceptual category or idea. The exhibition’s title derives from John
Baldessari’s eponymous painting of 1966-68, with the addition of a question mark,
acknowledging the ongoing debates over the practice of painting and its place within
contemporary art. It is the fourth in a series of installations drawn from the Museum’s
collection of contemporary art since the Museum’s reopening in 2004.
What Is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection is organized by Anne Umland,
Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The…