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"Back to the Front: Emerging Artists"

Philadelphia Artists

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Exhibit Duration: September 11 - November 01, 2004
Location: Slought Foundation
Reception: Saturday, September 11, 2004
Exhibition Openings Series | Curated by David Slovic, Judith Stein, Others

Boulevard Raspail, Paris [May 13, 1968]; © Galerie Beaubourg

Slought Foundation, a non-profit organization rethinking contemporary art, presents "Back to the Front," an exhibition of work by Philadelphia-area emerging artists, from September 11-November 6, 2004. Exhibition jurors include critic and curator Judtih Stein, architect and visual artist David Slovic, and Slought Foundation senior curators Osvaldo Romberg and Jean-Michel Rabaté).

In a 1978 talk by poet Steve Benson in San Francisco, the following questions were raised: "What major problems face someone cultivating a career in the arts? Are these problems useful or detrimental to artists and art work?" (Recording & transcript available.) Following the interrogative spirit of the late 60s, “Back to the Front," a juried exhibition, indexes the status of the artist in Philadelphia and highlights current cultural practices. It calls attention to and explores the continued difficulties of pursuing a career in the arts in a time of widespread social and institutional critique, and the corporatization of contemporary art and life.

The exhibition includes work by:

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Michael Barker
Beth Blinebury
Morgan Craig
Jennifer Goettner
Ditta Baron Hoeber
Joseph Hu
Lydia Hunn
Alicia Keller
Diane Laison
Mary Kate Maher
Jessica Mein
Jeff Meyers
Keiko Miyamori
Thomas C. Moore
Michelle Posadas
Lucy Russo
Ruth Shenkman
Tamara Kostianovsky
Ben Volta
David Webber
Mauro Zamora



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Philadelphia Artists. "Back to the Front: Emerging Artists." Slought Foundation Online Content.
[11 September 2004; Accessed 21 November 2008]. <http://slought.org/content/11234/>.



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