THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC
THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC
THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART INC
Programs
Program 1 [2018]
ART EXHIBITIONS: GALLERY PRESENTATIONS: THE ICA PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING 15 CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITIONS FEATURING PAINTING, DRAWING, SCULPTURE, VIDEO, INSTALLATION, AND MORE. ATTENDANCE FOR THE GALLERY EXHIBITS TOTALED 156,776 VISITORS, AND TOTAL PROGRAMMING ATTENDANCE WAS 216,072 IN FY18.GILLIAN WEARING: ROCK 'N' ROLL 70DECEMBER 9, 2016 - DECEMBER 31, 2017SANDRA AND GERALD FINEBERG ART WALLBEST KNOWN FOR HER PHOTOGRAPHIC AND VIDEO WORKS THAT INTIMATELY CAPTURE ASPECTS OF OUR FAMILIAL AND PERSONAL HISTORIES, GILLIAN WEARING (B. 1963, BIRMINGHAM, UK) CONTINUES TO EXPLORE THE NUANCES OF IDENTITY, THE INTERSECTIONS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, AND THE PERFORMATIVITY OF SELF. WEARING'S MONUMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTALLATION ROCK 'N' ROLL 70 (FIRST ITERATION DONE IN 2015) WAS A SITE-SPECIFIC COMMISSION FOR THE SANDRA AND GERALD FINEBERG ART WALL, AND THE FIRST PRESENTATION IN BOSTON OF THE CELEBRATED ARTIST'S WORK. USING A SELF-PORTRAIT, WEARING ASKED INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITH AGE-PROGRESSING TECHNOLOGY TO DIGITALLY ENHANCE PORTRAITS OF THE ARTIST TO SEE WHAT SHE MIGHT LOOK LIKE AT AGE 70. PRINTED AS WALLPAPER, THESE AGED PORTRAITS SHOW THE DIVERSITY OF POSSIBILITIES OF THE ARTIST'S FUTURE SELF. THEY DIFFER SLIGHTLY OR IMMENSELY FROM EACH OTHER, REVEALING THE LIMITATIONS OF PIONEERING TECHNOLOGY AND THE MUTABILITY OF VISUAL IDENTITY. ON TOP OF THE WALLPAPER HANGS A FRAMED TRIPTYCH OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, CONSISTING OF THE ARTIST AT HER CURRENT AGE, AN ENHANCED PORTRAIT, AND A BLANK LAST SPACE, AS WEARING INTENDS TO MAKE A SELF-PORTRAIT WHEN SHE TURNS 70. IN A WORLD OVERSATURATED BY IMAGES, PARTICULARLY "SELFIES," WEARING EXPLORES THE COMPLEXITIES OF IDENTITY AS MEDIATED THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.ORGANIZED BY EVA RESPINI, BARBARA LEE CHIEF CURATOR, AND JESSICA HONG, CURATORIAL ASSOCIATE.2017 JAMES AND AUDREY FOSTER PRIZEFEBRUARY 15 - JULY 9, 2017PAUL AND CATHERINE BUTTENWIESER AND FOTENE DEMOULAS GALLERIESTHE JAMES AND AUDREY FOSTER PRIZE IS KEY TO THE ICA'S EFFORTS TO NURTURE AND RECOGNIZE BOSTON-AREA ARTISTS OF EXCEPTIONAL PROMISE. FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 1999, THE JAMES AND AUDREY FOSTER PRIZE (FORMERLY THE ICA ARTIST PRIZE) EXPANDED ITS FORMAT WHEN THE MUSEUM OPENED ITS NEW FACILITY IN 2006. JAMES AND AUDREY FOSTER, PASSIONATE COLLECTORS AND SUPPORTERS OF CONTEMPORARY ART, ENDOWED THE PRIZE, ENSURING THE ICA'S ABILITY TO SUSTAIN AND GROW THE PROGRAM FOR YEARS TO COME. THE 2017 PRIZE AND EXHIBITION FEATURED THE WORK OF SONIA ALMEIDA, JENNIFER BORNSTEIN, LUCIEN CASTAING-TAYLOR AND VERENA PARAVEL, AND LUCY KIM-ARTISTS WORKING AT A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL WHOSE WORK HAS RECEIVED LIMITED EXPOSURE HERE IN BOSTON. IN MEDIA INCLUDING PAINTING, SCULPTURE, PRINTMAKING, FILM, AND VIDEO, AND EXPLORING A RANGE OF THEMES AND SUBJECTS, EACH OF THE ARTISTS ENGAGE THE HUMAN BODY WITH A TACTILE APPROACH TO ITS CULTURAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND HISTORICAL RESONANCES. EACH OF THE ARTISTS PRESENTED A MAJOR WORK, OR GROUP OF WORKS, ON VIEW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BOSTON. CENTRAL TO THE EXHIBITION, THIS ITERATION OF THE JAMES AND AUDREY FOSTER PRIZE FEATURED A NEW PROGRAM, THE FOSTER TALKS, ENABLING AUDIENCES TO ENGAGE MORE DEEPLY IN THE WORK AND PRACTICE OF THE PRIZE WINNERS. OVER THE COURSE OF THE EXHIBITION, EACH ARTIST PRESENTED THEIR WORK AND INVITED AN IMPORTANT WRITER, ARTIST, PERFORMER, RESEARCHER, OR OTHER INFLUENCE ON THEIR PRACTICE. THE CONVERSATIONS WERE FOLLOWED BY A FREE RECEPTION, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE FOSTER TALKS CONNECTED QUESTIONS AROUND CONTEMPORARY ART TO A BROAD RANGE OF CULTURAL, INTELLECTUAL, AND POLITICAL ISSUES, CREATING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ART AND DIFFERENT FIELDS.ORGANIZED BY DAN BYERS, MANNION FAMILY SENIOR CURATOR, WITH JEFFREY DE BLOIS, CURATORIAL ASSOCIATE.ICA COLLECTION: NEW ACQUISITIONSFEBRUARY 15, 2017 - FEBRUARY 25, 2018KIM AND JIM PALLOTTA GALLERYTHOUGH FOUNDED IN 1936, THE ICA FORMED ITS PERMANENT COLLECTION JUST TEN YEARS AGO. AFTER THE EXPANSIVE PRESENTATION IN FIRST LIGHT: A DECADE OF COLLECTING AT THE ICA, NEW ACQUISITIONS CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON THE INCREDIBLE GROWTH OF THE COLLECTION IN RECENT YEARS. TAKING AN APPROACH COMMON IN LARGER MUSEUMS, THE EXHIBITION SHOWCASED WORKS IN A RANGE OF MEDIUMS ACQUIRED IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. DATING FROM THE 1970S TO THE PRESENT, THE WORKS ON VIEW FOCUSED ON THE USE OF LANGUAGE AS A MATERIAL IN ART, THE VULNERABILITY OF THE HUMAN BODY, AND THE ABILITY OF ARTWORKS TO SHAPE-SHIFT, TAKING ON THE CHARACTER OF ARCHITECTURE, DECOR, OR FOUND OBJECTS. AMONG THE NEW ACQUISITIONS WAS SARAH SZE'S HIDDEN RELIEF (2001), A MAJOR SCULPTURAL WORK BY THE BOSTON NATIVE THAT TRANSFORMS A CORNER OF THE GALLERY INTO A MESMERIZING NETWORK OF SHAPES, LINES, LIGHTS, AND RULERS. MIKA ROTTENBERG'S 2015 VIDEO NONOSEKNOWS (50 KILOS VARIANT) BRINGS THE NEW YORK-BASED ARTIST'S PENCHANT FOR THE VISCERAL AND THE ABSURD TO BEAR ON CHINA'S CULTURED PEARL INDUSTRY. HENRY TAYLOR'S FAMILY PORTRAIT I'M YOURS (2015), A POWERFUL AND MEMORABLE CONTRIBUTION TO ONE OF ART'S OLDEST GENRES, PRESENTS A TRIO OF FIGURES CHARACTERIZED BY DETERMINATION AND RESOLVE.NEW ACQUISITIONS ALSO FEATURED WORKS BY SADIE BENNING, SOPHIE CALLE, JIMMY DESANA, SHANNON EBNER, JENNY HOLZER, REE MORTON, WILLIAM POPE.L, KEITH SONNIER, AND HAEGUE YANG, AMONG OTHERS.ORGANIZED BY RUTH ERICKSON, MANNION FAMILY CURATOR, WITH JEFFREY DE BLOIS, ASSISTANT CURATORSTEVE MCQUEEN: ASHESFEBRUARY 15, 2017 - FEBRUARY 25, 2018KIM AND JIM PALLOTTA GALLERYTHE ICA/BOSTON PRESENTED THE U.S. DEBUT OF ASHES (2002-2015), A VIDEO INSTALLATION BY THE ARTIST AND FILMMAKER STEVE MCQUEEN (B. LONDON, UK, 1969). A STANDOUT FROM THE 56TH VENICE BIENNALE IN 2015, ASHES PRESENTS FOOTAGE ON TWO SIDES OF A FREESTANDING SCREEN. ONE SIDE, ORIGINALLY SHOT ON SOFT, GRAINY SUPER 8 FILM, SHOWS A YOUNG, CAREFREE FISHERMAN NAMED ASHES BALANCING PLAYFULLY ON A PITCHING BOAT AGAINST A HORIZON OF BLUE SKY AND WATER. THE OTHER SIDE SHOWS A SECOND PROJECTION, SHOT IN 16MM FILM, THAT CHRONICLES ASHES'S UNEXPECTED FATE. NEVER SEEN TOGETHER, YET LINKED BY A SHARED SOUNDTRACK, THE VIDEOS CONJURE AN EASY VITALITY AND A VIVID DESCRIPTION OF PLACE AGAINST THE DARKER FORCES OF SOCIETY AND FATE.WITH MOVING-IMAGE WORKS THAT CREATE EXQUISITE, VISCERAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BODIES AND THE SPACES THAT SURROUND OR CONFINE THEM, MCQUEEN'S PRACTICE HAS DEVELOPED FROM ICONIC SILENT VIDEOS TO POIGNANTLY SOUND-DRIVEN WORKS OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS. MCQUEEN IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE 1999 TURNER PRIZE AND AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR HIS 2013 FEATURE FILM 12 YEARS A SLAVE, AMONG MANY OTHER HONORS. THE ICA INTRODUCED MCQUEEN TO BOSTON AUDIENCES WITH A FILM PRESENTATION IN 1995.ORGANIZED BY DAN BYERS, MANNION FAMILY SENIOR CURATOR, WITH JEFFREY DE BLOIS, ASSISTANT CURATORNARI WARD: SUN SPLASHEDAPRIL 26 - SEPTEMBER 4, 2017WEST GALLERYNARI WARD: SUN SPLASHED WAS THE LARGEST SURVEY OF THE ARTIST'S WORK TO DATE. EMERGING ALONGSIDE A NOTABLE GROUP OF BLACK ARTISTS IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1990S, NARI WARD (B. 1963 IN ST. ANDREW PARISH, JAMAICA) ACTIVELY ENGAGES WITH LOCAL SITES-THEIR HISTORIES, COMMUNITIES, AND ECONOMIES-TO CREATE SPECTACULAR, AMBITIOUSLY SCALED ARTWORKS OUT OF UNLIKELY MATERIALS. HE DERIVES INSPIRATION FROM HIS IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT, INCORPORATING FOUND OBJECTS GATHERED IN AND AROUND URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS AND EMBRACING VARIED CULTURAL REFERENCES. WORKING IN SCULPTURE, COLLAGE, PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO, INSTALLATION, AND PERFORMANCE, WARD CAPTURES THE MAKESHIFT QUALITIES OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND IMBUES HIS PRODUCTION WITH A VISCERAL RELATIONSHIP TO HISTORY AND THE REAL WORLD. THE EXHIBITION INCLUDED ARTWORKS MADE FROM SODA POP, SHOELACES, SHOPPING CARTS, AND A FIRE ESCAPE, MATERIALS THAT SPEAK TO THE ARTIST'S DISTINCTIVE EXPERIMENTATION. NARI WARD: SUN SPLASHED FOCUSES ON VITAL POINTS OF REFERENCE FOR WARD, INCLUDING HIS NATIVE JAMAICA, CITIZENSHIP, AND MIGRATION, AS WELL AS AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE, TO EXPLORE THE DYNAMICS OF POWER AND POLITICS IN SOCIETY.ORGANIZED BY PEREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI ASSOCIATE CURATOR DIANA NAWI. THE BOSTON PRESENTATION WAS COORDINATED BY RUTH ERICKSON, ASSOCIATE CURATOR, THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART/BOSTON, WITH JESSICA HONG, CURATORIAL ASSOCIATE.DANA SCHUTZJULY 26 - NOVEMBER 26, 2017PAUL AND CATHERINE BUTTENWIESER AND FOTENE DEMOULAS GALLERIESDANA SCHUTZ WAS A CONCISE EXHIBITION OF THE ARTIST'S RECENT WORK. ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT PAINTERS OF HER GENERATION, THE NEW YORK-BASED SCHUTZ (B. 1976, LIVONIA, MICHIGAN) IS KNOWN FOR HER DISTINCTIVE VISUAL STYLE CHARACTERIZED BY VIBRANT COLOR AND TACTILE BRUSHWORK. HER LARGE-SCALE PAINTINGS CAPTURE IMAGINARY STORIES, HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS, AND IMPOSSIBLE PHYSICAL FEATS, SUCH AS SWIMMING WHILE SMOKING AND CRYING.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$7.1MProgram 2 [2018]
PROGRAM MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS: DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED MARKETING, ADVERTISING, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGIES THAT PROMOTED THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ICA INCLUDING THE MUSEUM'S NEW SEASONS SPACE, THE WATERSHED, EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES, EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS, AND FREE HOLIDAY MONDAYS TO THE PUBLIC AND ICA MEMBERS. THESE STRATEGIES ALLOWED THE ICA TO WELCOME MORE THAN 221,000 VISITORS TO THE ICA IN FISCAL YEAR 2018.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$1.7MProgram 3 [2018]
PERFORMING AND MEDIA ARTSTHE ICA PRESENTS SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND FORWARD-LOOKING CHOREOGRAPHERS, MUSICIANS, FILMMAKERS, THEATER COMPANIES AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTISTS FROM BOSTON AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. IN FY18 WE OFFERED 79 PRESENTATIONS OF 37 INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS (PERFORMING ARTS AND FILM). ATTENDANCE TOTALED 23,686.WE ORGANIZED 52 PERFORMANCES BY THE FOLLOWING PERFORMERS, ARTISTS AND ENSEMBLE COMPANIES. ATTENDANCE AT THESE PERFORMANCES TOTALED 18,706. DANCE/THEATER-SIMONE DINNERSTEIN AND PAM TANOWITZ DANCE: WORK IN PROGRESS PRESENTATION OF NEW WORK FOR GOLDBERG VARIATIONS-SKELETON ARCHITECTURE-FAYE DRISCOLL: THANK YOU FOR COMING: PLAY-LARS JAN/EARLY MORNING OPERA: THE INSTITUTE OF MEMORY (TIME)-SIMONE DINNERSTEIN AND PAM TANOWITZ DANCE: NEW WORK FOR GOLDBERG VARIATIONS-OKWUI OKPOKWASILI: POOR PEOPLE'S TV ROOM-BOSTON CHILDREN'S CHORUS AND MOVEMENT ART IS FEATURING JON BOOGZ AND LIL BUCK-RYAN MCNAMARA: ME3M 4 BOSTON: A STORY BALLET ABOUT THE INTERNET-WORLD MUSIC/CRASHARTS PRESENTS -DANCE UP -ANNA MYER -HERVE KOUBI -DANZABIERTA -ALONZO KINGMUSIC-HARBORWALK SOUNDS: -OLIVIA SWANN -THE LADLES -SLEEPING LION/LUXH. -LIZJE -MAIS 55 -MIXCLA -NIU RAZA -NAIKA -JESSIE LEITH MUNRO-DJ NIGHTS: -BAIO -CULTURE CLUB PART 1: GUCCI VUITTON, RIOBAMBA, PAT FALCO, WILLIAM CHAMBERS, MATTHEW ZAREMBA, AND SAMO -SPINDERELLA -DEVENDRA BANHART -UPROOT ANDY + TYGAPAW -CULTURE CLUB PART 2: DAYGLOW, DEE DIGGS, JESSE KAMINSKY, KENJI NAKAYAMA, AND J.R. URETSKY-WEYES BLOOD-ZOLA JESUS-MR. HARRISON'S GAMELANS FEATURING JOHNNY GANDELSMAN, SARAH CAHILL, AND THE GAMELAN GALAK TIKA (PRESENTED WITH MIT CAST)-ARDITTI QUARTET (PRESENTED WITH BUCNM)-EMILY HAINES AND THE SOFT SKELETON-SOUNDING THE CLOUD FEATURING NEIL LEONARD, STEPHEN VITIELLO,AND SCANNER (PRESENTED WITH THE BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS INSTITUTE)-VIJAY IYER AND TEJU COLE: BLIND SPOT-RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA (PRESENTED WITH WORLD MUSIC/CRASHARTS)IN FY18 WE PRESENTED 27 SCREENINGS OF THE FOLLOWING FILMS. ATTENDANCE AT THESE SCREENINGS TOTALED 4,980. FILM-BOSTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL -OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL-SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SHORTS-2017 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS-BOSTON LGBT FILM FESTIVAL-THE SQUARE-MONTH OF SUNDAYS -AN ART THAT NATURE MAKES: THE WORK OF ROSAMOND PURCELL -BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK -AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY -DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFEGeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$1.6M
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