On Point

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Title

On Point

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Synopsis

A personal exploration of the history and mechanisms of moving images. The show placed work on paper from the collection of the Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University in dialogue with historical and contemporary moving image works, forging new connections among media, timelines, and geographies.

Credits

Artists: David Altmejd, James Stuart Blackton, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Buckminster Fuller, Elliot Green, Ben Hagari, Jasper Johns, Joan Jonas, William Kentridge, Jon Kessler, Dr. Lakra, Ofra Lapid, Len Lye, Lothar Meggendorfer, Jonas Mekas, Lotte Reiniger, Aki Sasamoto, Dasha Shishkin, Shahzia Sikander, Kiki Smith, Sarah Sze, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Tomas Vu-Daniel, Kara Walker, George Laws Weinberg, and Terry Winters.

Curated and designed by Ben Hagari and assistant curator Ofra Lapid

Organized in partnership with the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, School of the Arts,
Columbia University, NYC

Installation photos: Yoram Aschheim; Daniel Hanoch

Appearances

January 14 - June 17, 2023
On Point
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art

Ben Hagari and George Laws Weinberg, The Animator, 2019

Installation view, The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
photo: Daniel Hanoch

William Kentridge; Lothar Meggendorfer

Automata Theater, 2023

Kiki Smith, Companion, 2000

Rirkrit Tiravanija, Untitled (The map of the Land of Feeling) III, 2008-2011

Aki Sasamoto; Buckminster Fuller; Rirkrit Tiravanija

with James Stuart Blackton, The Enchanted Drawing, 1900

James Stuart Blackton; Rirkrit Tiravanija; Jon Kessler

Jon Kessler, Swan #20, 2012

David Altmejd; Dasha Shishkin

Lotte Reiniger’s (1899-1981) silhouette film Papageno (1935) is projected onto a “Modern Theater” installation conceived for On Point exhibition, and is derived from a drawing made by Reiniger for a modern shadow theater structure, but was never realized.