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Eva Koťátková (Czech, b. 1982). Untitled (Unlearning Instincts), 2013–14. Collage on paper, 9 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (25.1 x 18.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Paula Cussi and The George Economou Collection Gifts, 2015 (2015.72.77). © Eva Koťátková
Exhibition
Public Service Announcement: Works by Eva Koťátková and Rachel Harrison
26 Mar 2018 – 29 Jul 2018
Regular hours
- Monday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 21:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 21:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Address
- 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street)
- New York
New York - NY 10028
- United States
This exhibition presents three exemplary works from The Met collection by Czech artist Eva Koťátková and American artist Rachel Harrison.
About
Koťátková and Harrison each reinvent the tradition of the readymade—a term first coined by French artist Marcel Duchamp in 1915 to describe his unconventional sculptures—reclaiming found materials to create collages and assemblages.
Koťátková's sprawling installation Untitled (Unlearning Instincts), composed of 96 collages made of photographs clipped from books and magazines, explores subjects such as pedagogy and the process of social and political indoctrination. Harrison's two sculptures place preexisting images and objects in settings constructed by the artist to comment obliquely on matters relating to race, gender, sexuality, and politics.
In each case, appropriating, juxtaposing, and recontextualizing readymade items not only generates chains of associations—it also makes the familiar appear strange.
