Photo of works by Chu Yun (foreground) and Cory Arcangel (background) in "Younger Than Jesus." From Flickr user clementine gallot.
Yesterday morning members of the press arrived at the New Museum to survey “Younger Than Jesus.” Last night crowds packed into the galleries for the exhibition’s opening reception. Today the exhibition opens to the public. Let the feedback begin! The exhibition’s curators, the participating artists, and the museum staff have been working on the show for a long time; we’re eager to know what the public thinks. We’ll try to collect some of this commentary here on the “YTJ” blog, and we’ll look across multiple media. To that end:
Jonathan T.D. Neil, who works at the Drawing Center and is a contributing editor at Art Review, tweeted his progress through the show yesterday morning, wondering aloud what it means to find “mature” work in a show of young artists. (He also likes Tauba Auerbach’s contribution.) Artnet reports that BLT Gallery, across the street from the museum, is hosting an exhibition, titled “Wiser Than God,” that features artists 83 and older. A woman who goes by the name Dream Sequins photo-blogged her way through the galleries yesterday. And, of course, the first batch of photos from exhibition visitors have hit Flickr.
