Jun 28 2019 - Aug 18 2019
Swiss Institute / CONTEMPORARY ART
New York City, NY
After organizing the landmark exhibitions Live in Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form(1969) and documenta 5 (1972), renowned curator Harald Szeemann staged Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us in his apartment, a collection of various objects and inventions made or owned by his grandfather, Etienne Szeemann, a noted hairdresser. This exhibition will feature a detailed recreation of Szeemann’s exhibition with materials from the Getty Research Institute’s recently acquired Szeemann archive.
Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.