July 26, 2022

New York: 1962-1964 at Jewish Museum, July 22, 2022 – January 8, 2023

“The Jewish Museum presents New York: 1962-1964, an exhibition that explores a pivotal three-year period in the history of art and culture in New York City, examining how artists living and working in New York responded to their rapidly changing world. Installed across two floors, this immersive exhibition presents more than 150 works of art—all made or seen in New York between 1962-1964—including painting, sculpture, photography, and film, alongside fashion, design, dance, poetry, and ephemera.

 New York: 1962-1964 is the last project conceived and curated by Germano Celant, the renowned art historian, critic, and curator who passed away in 2020. Celant was approached in 2017 by the Museum to address its influential role in the early 1960s New York art scene during a momentous period in American history. The result is New York: 1962-64, which uses the Jewish Museum’s role as the jumping-off point to examine how artists living and working in New York City responded to the events that marked this moment in time.” — Jewish Museum

Installation view of New York: 1962-1964 at the Jewish Museum, NY. July 22, 2022-January 8, 2023. Photo © Frederick Charles.
Installation view of New York: 1962-1964 at the Jewish Museum, NY. July 22, 2022-January 8, 2023. Photo © Frederick Charles.
Installation view of New York: 1962-1964 at the Jewish Museum, NY. July 22, 2022-January 8, 2023. Photo © Frederick Charles.
Installation view of New York: 1962-1964 at the Jewish Museum, NY. July 22, 2022-January 8, 2023. Photo © Frederick Charles.
The opening of Robert Rauschenberg at the Jewish Museum, NY, ca. March 31, 1963. Artworks © 2022 Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
Installation view of Toward a New Abstraction (1963) at the Jewish Museum, NY. Image courtesy the Jewish Museum. Artworks © Al Held. Image courtesy the Jewish Museum.
Installation view of Jasper Johns (1964) at the Jewish Museum, NY. Artworks © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Image courtesy the Jewish Museum.
Installation view of the exhibition Recent American Sculpture, October 15-November 29, 1964. The Jewish Museum, New York.

Artists featured include Diane Arbus, Lee Bontecou, Chryssa, Merce Cunningham, Jim Dine, Martha Edelheit, Melvin Edwards, Dan Flavin, Lee Friedlander, Nancy Grossman, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Yayoi Kusama, Norman Lewis, Roy Lichtenstein, Marisol, Agnes Martin, Louise Nevelson, Isamu Noguchi, Claes Oldenburg, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, Faith Ringgold, Larry Rivers, James Rosenquist, Miriam Schapiro, Carolee Schneemann, George Segal, Jack Smith, Harold Stevenson, Marjorie Strider, Mark di Suvero, Bob Thompson, and Andy Warhol, among many others.

The exhibition and accompanying book have been developed by Studio Celant according to his curatorial vision in close collaboration with the Jewish Museum: Claudia Gould, Helen Goldsmith Menschel Director; Darsie Alexander, Susan and Elihu Rose Chief Curator; Sam Sackeroff, Lerman-Neubauer Associate Curator; and Kristina Parsons, Leon Levy Curatorial Assistant. The exhibition is designed by Selldorf Architects. The 350-page catalogue was developed by Celant and designed by Michael Rock from 2×4. 

Title image: Marisol (Marisol Escobar), Self-Portrait, 1961-62. Wood, plaster, marker, paint, graphite, human teeth, gold, and plastic. 43 1/2 x 45 1/4 x 75 5/8 in. (110.5 x 114.9 x 192.1 cm). Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL. Gift of Joseph and Jory Shapiro © 2022 Estate of Marisol / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Images courtesy the Jewish Museum.