GROUP EXHIBITION

The seminal historic shows—and many of the artists who participated in them—are now recognized as establishing the terms of the critical cultural debate in the early 1990s. Thirty years on—in a time that bears many social and political similarities—‘RETROaction’ explores the reverberations from the ‘present-in-the-past-in-the-present’ to suggest that our current moment is a time for retroaction rather than retrospection.

Developed in collaboration with Homi K. Bhabha, Charles Gaines and Ellen Tani. Featuring works by Ida Applebroog, Charles Gaines, Mike Kelley, Zoe Leonard, Glenn Ligon, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson and Gary Simmons, with Kevin Beasley, Torkwase Dyson, Leslie Hewitt and Rashid Johnson.

Image: Installation view, ‘The Whitney Biennial’, The Whitney Museum, New York NY, 1993 © Ida Applebroog