Inaugural Exhibitions upcoming 2012

Zwelethu Mthethwa (South African, born 1960) and Matthew Hindley (South African, born 1974), 'Dying Minutes', 2010, Courtesy the artist; Brundyn + Gonsalves, Cape Town and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York The Propeller Group (Vietnamese), 'Spray it, Don't say it', 2006, Courtesy the artists




Global Groove 1973/2012

uses Nam June Paik's seminal 1973 video Global Groove as a jumping off point to explore current trends in international video art. The exhibition is a celebration of this international phenomenon, featuring artists from Korea, Pakistan, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Palestine, Vietnam, Iran, Indonesia, Israel, China, Japan, Brazil, and Turkey.

Global Groove 1973/2012 uses Nam June Paik's seminal 1973 video Global Groove as a jumping off point to explore current trends in international video art. A characteristically fast paced barrage of images and sounds, Global Groove was Paik's prophetic statement about the future ubiquity of the video image. "This is a glimpse of the video landscape of tomorrow, when you will be able to switch to any TV station on the earth, and TV Guide will be as fat as the Manhattan telephone book," he said of the piece.

Featuring works by Bashar Alhroub (Palestine), Berry Bickle (Zimbabwe), Negar Behbahani (Iran), Yong Baek Lee (South Korea), Basir Mahmood (Pakistan), Zwelethu Mthethwa and Matthew Hindley (South Africa), and The Propeller Group (Viet Nam), among others, Global Groove 1973/2012 will explore the rapid rise of video as a medium in art around the world, and celebrate artists' varied approaches to the medium—from low-tech to highly cinematic, personal and diaristic to intensely political and challenging. The exhibition will include a unique architectural design for video presentation in the center of the Broad Art Museum's largest gallery, conceived to enhance visitors' experience of Zaha Hadid's architecture along with that of the exhibition.

 Zwelethu Mthethwa (South African, born 1960) and Matthew Hindley (South African, born 1974), 'Dying Minutes', 2010, Courtesy the artist; Brundyn + Gonsalves, Cape Town and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York Toba Khedoori (Australian, born 1964), 'Untitled (Black Fireplace)', 2006, Courtesy The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica Andrew Kuo (American, born 1977), 'Self Portrait (Rise and Shine)', 2009, Courtesy Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, MSU purchase, funded by the Kathleen D. and Milton E. Muelder Endowment Berry Bickle (Zimbabwean, born 1959), 'Ze', 2011, Courtesy the artist Chen Qiulin's Peach Blossom




In Search of Time

will feature work from the Broad/MSU collection, the Broad Foundation and other borrowed work. These key loans from The Broad Art Foundation will serve as a celebration of the long history of collecting by the museum's Founding Donors.

Through dialogues among artworks from the medieval period, the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, In Search of Time will give voice to artists' perpetual longing to express their relationships to time and memory. Celebrating the long history of collecting by the Broad Art Museum's founding donors, the exhibition will feature key loans from The Broad Art Foundation, as well as works from the museum's collection, and selected loans.

In Search of Time will include works by Josef Albers, William Baziotes, Romare Bearden, Joseph Beuys, Brassai, Larry Clark, John Coplans, Joseph Cornell, Salvador Dali, Elliott Erwitt, Paolo di Giovanni Fei, Damien Hirst, Toba Khadoori, E.O. Hoppe, Sam Jury, Mike Kelley, Eadweard Muybridge, Fairfield Porter, Esteban Vicente, and Andy Warhol, as well as 19th century African objects.

Curated by director Michael Rush, these exhibitions exemplify Broad/MSU's dual focus on presenting international contemporary art in all media, as well as thematic exhibitions that investigate contemporary works within a historical context.

Simultaneous openings at art spaces in Guangzhou, China; Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam; Sao Paolo, Brazil; Lahore, Pakistan; and Istanbul, Turkey will launch the museum's ongoing program of partnerships with arts institutions worldwide. Interactive screens in the museum will connect visitors at the Broad/MSU to the various global venues.

"In our increasingly interconnected world, our most pressing challenges span the boundaries of disciplines and nations," said MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon. "It is Michigan State University's mission to prepare our students to address these global challenges through bold and innovative thinking. The Broad Art Museum at MSU will allow students to explore how artistic expression mirrors and shapes contemporary experience around the world, and inspire the kind of critical and creative thinking that will help them thrive."

"With our inaugural exhibitions, we seek to situate the Broad Art Museum at the center of artistic research and development within the global mandate of Michigan State University," said Rush. "By virtue of its collection, the Broad is uniquely able to create new narratives within a historical context. By presenting international contemporary artists in dialogue with their forebears, a dynamic understanding of art history will be constantly investigated." The Broad Art Museum's opening exhibitions will feature loans including works from the collection of the museum's founding donors, Eli and Edythe Broad, as well as works from the study collection inherited from the Kresge Art Museum, the former art museum of MSU.

 Zwelethu Mthethwa (South African, born 1960) and Matthew Hindley (South African, born 1974), 'Dying Minutes', 2010, Courtesy the artist; Brundyn + Gonsalves, Cape Town and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York