Carol Bove

Tickets available at tinyurl.com/mwsrhds8 Carol Bove is the first museum survey and largest presentation to date of the work of American artist Carol Bove (b. 1971, Geneva, Switzerland; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY). Filling the entire Frank Lloyd Wright–designed rotunda, the exhibition traces pivotal shifts across Bove’s 25-year career, ranging from her early drawings and assemblages of found objects to a new large-scale series of her steel compositions known as “collage sculptures.” In an extension of her long-standing exploration of the way objects are transformed by their surroundings, the artist subtly reframes the experience of navigating the museum’s iconic spiral ramps, adding opportunities for rest, contemplation, and interaction. Bove’s work spans many mediums and formal approaches but is unified by an exacting play of material, scale, color, and space. The artist places these elements in dialogue with cultural histories and the viewer’s imagination, inviting us to reconsider habitual ways of seeing the world. This exhibition is organized by Katherine Brinson, Daskalopoulos Senior Curator of Contemporary Art and Director of Global Initiatives, with support from Charlotte Youkilis, Curatorial Assistant, Exhibitions, and Bellara Huang, former Curatorial Assistant, Exhibitions. Major support for Carol Bove is provided by The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, Barbara and Andrew Gundlach, Nancy and Steve Crown, Gagosian, and Sarah Simmons. Support is also generously provided by Barbara Bluhm-Kaul, Leslie Bluhm, Meredith Bluhm, The Deborah Buck Foundation, The Kate Cassidy Foundation, Natasha and François-Xavier de Mallmann, Girlfriend Fund, The John & Amy Griffin Foundation, Meryl and Andrew B. Rose, and an anonymous donor. Funding is provided by Deborah Beckmann and Jacob Kotzubei, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Broughton, The DeMartini Family Foundation, Charlotte Feng Ford, Kaitlyn and Mike Krieger, Lebowitz-Aberly Family Foundation, The Robert Lehman Foundation, Melony and Adam Lewis, Steve Pulimood, Pete and Michelle Scantland, Fern and Lenard Tessler, and Wagner Foundation. Additional funding is provided by Bonnie and R. Derek Bandeen, Ann Ames, Christy Ferer, Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins, Eric Michael and Craig Kruger, Dr. Frederico Wasserman, The Blue Rider Group at Morgan Stanley, and the Guggenheim Constellation Council. Exhibition paint is provided by Farrow & Ball. Exhibition fabric is provided by Kvadrat.