Questioning the history of intricate relationships between hosts and guest, and the implications and associations that arise from a consideration of these terms, Hosts & Guests, a program of nine exhibitions, workshops, and events will open at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art on May 2, 2013. Inspired by Immanuel Kant’s 1795 essay, “Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch” and Jacques Derrida’s book, Of Hospitality, the project is the initiative of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and ARTIS, conceptualized and directed by guest curator Steven Henry Madoff, and developed in collaboration with ArtTLV.
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art will host nine curators – Ana Paul Cohen (Brazil), Hou Hanru (France, U.S., China), Jeffrey Schnapp (U.S.), Joshua Simon (Israel), Madoff (U.S.), and artists Dora Garcia (Spain), Raqs Media Collective (India), Kimsooja (South Korea), and David Tartakover (Israel) – and each will present a project relating to the theme. The program will feature paintings, sculptures, drawings, posters, films and videos, photographs, live performance, and public discussions. Participating artists, architects, theorists and activists will include: Kasper Akhøj, Franco “Bifo” Berardi, Mabe Bethonico, Angela Detanico and Rafael Lain, Zvi Efrat, Nir Evron, Giulia Girardello, Dor Guez, Alma Itzhaky, Miki Kratsman, Armin Linke, Renata Lucas, Eli Petel, Aldo Piromalli, Roee Rosen, Yehudit Sasportas, Liu Xiaodong, Raphael Zagury-Orly, and Mich’ael Zupraner, among others.
Steven Henry Madoff is an independent curator and art critic based in New York. He has curated internationally, including as a member of Daniel Birnbaum’s team for the 53rd Venice Biennale. He is a contributing editor to Modern Painters and ARTnews magazines, and he has served as an art critic for Time magazine and as a frequent contributor to The New York Times and Artforum, among many other publications. His recent book, Art School (Propositions for the 21st Century), has become an international standard in the field. He has taught art history and theory at Yale University’s School of Art and is the founder and chair of the forthcoming Master’s Program in Curatorial Practice at The School of Visual Arts, New York.
Host & Guest – May 2 – June 30, 2013. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 27 Shaul Hamelech Blvd, Tel Aviv.
