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9 Artists

This international, multigenerational group exhibition considers the changing role of the artist in contemporary culture. Bringing together the expansive practices of some of the most provocative and engaged artists working today—Yael Bartana, Liam Gillick, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Renzo Martens, Bjarne Melgaard, Nástio Mosquito, Hito Steyerl, and Danh Vo—the show examines ways that they negotiate the complicities and contradictions of living in an ever more complex and networked world. Rarely considered together, they each use their own backgrounds or identities as material, frequently in antagonistic or subversive ways. Featuring some 40 works, both past and new, 9 Artists includes a range of sculpture, painting, installation, video, and ephemera.

The conversation continues in the catalogue, which places dynamic artist contributions in the context of broader contemporary practices. Expect a robust series of events surrounding the opening, including a lecture on gentrification (Renzo Martens and the Institute for Human Activities), a dedication of a tombstone in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden (singer Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu and Danh Vo), a conversation between two of contemporary art’s preeminent artists who write (Liam Gillick and Hito Steyerl), and a performance by Nástio Mosquito.

The exhibition catalogue, published by the Walker, is available online and in the Walker Shop.

Walker curator: Bartholomew Ryan

Tour Schedule

  • Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
    October 26, 2013–February 16, 2014
  • MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
    May 9–July 13, 2014
  • 9 Artists is organized by the Walker Art Center.

    Major support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Additional support is generously provided by Lisa and Pat Denzer and Audrey and Zygi Wilf.

    The exhibition catalogue is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of Walker Art Center publications. Additional support is provided by Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Galerie Buchholz, and Marian Goodman Gallery.

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