My Global Hustle

NEXT GENERATION is designed to complement the Corcoran Gallery of Art's exhibition of Mera and Don Rubell's brilliant collection,“30 Americans,” which is on display from October 1, 2011 to February 12, 2012.   

For our exhibition, Contemporary Wing invited each artist represented in the "30 Americans" exhibition to identify one or two American artists working today that he or she believes is a critical "up and comer" of the next generation.  This next generation of emerging artists are those whose work should be recognized and promoted in a wider national context. These artists may not be African American, but in the spirit of the Rubell’s collection, they will be American. The curatorial concept also allows for the possible and fortunate overlap in the “30 Americans” artists’ selections, and what dialogue develops around these choices.  But, most importantly, the goal of the exhibit is to give exposure to those emerging artists that established artists see as having the potential to define the American art landscape in the next decade.

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