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CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

September 22 - December 13, 2009

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Moby Dick Kirsten Pieroth, Die Farbe der Meere (The colors of the seas), 2001. Water samples from the Red Sea, the White Sea, the Black Sea and the Yellow Sea. Dimensions variable. Courtesy Galerie Klosterfelde
Lower and Upper Galleries | Sept. 22–Dec. 12, 2009 Moby-Dick is the second show in a trilogy of Wattis Institute exhibitions that are based on canonical American novels. The first, The Wizard of Oz, was presented in fall 2008; the third will be The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in fall 2010. All three stories have major themes related to exploration and (self-)discovery, and the corresponding exhibitions function as metaphorical journeys through which the audience experiences various notions of America's reality, both contemporary and historic. Established and emerging contemporary artists from around the world are invited to address the key themes of the books and the historical moments in which they were written. Many of the artists create new commissions specifically for the shows. This investigation of America and its realities through the lens of literature by means of artworks, artifacts, and historical documents is unique to the Wattis Institute. Moby-Dick will encompass a wide range of works, including sculpture, film, video, drawing, and photography. PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Kenneth Anger, Mark Bradford, Marcel Broodthaers, Angela Bulloch, Tom Burr, Edgar Cleijne and Ellen Gallagher, Tacita Dean, Trisha Donnelly, Marcel Dzama, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Rodney Graham, John Gutmann, Katsushika Hokusai, Evan Holloway, Peter Hutton, Colter Jacobsen, Brian Jungen, Buster Keaton, Mateo Lopez, Jorge Macchi, Kris Martin, Henrik Olesen, Paulina Olowska, Damián Ortega, Kirsten Pieroth, Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Richard Serra, Andreas Slominski, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Orson Welles, Richard Wentworth