Five Works
Joan Jonas
Five Workspresents a much broader look at the American artist´s oeuvre than its name suggests. This first major exhibition of Jonas´s work in a New York museum includes a selection of the artist´s works in installation and video, drawings, photographs and sketchbooks. Curated by Valerie Smith, QMA Director of Exhibitions, the show brings together five key works (aha!) from Jonas´s career including Organic Honey´s Visual Telepathy,Organic Honey: Vertical Roll(1972-1994), The Juniper Tree(1976-1978), Volcano Saga(1985-1994), Revolted by the Thought of Known Places... (1992-2003), and Lines in the Sand(2002) . Also included are her portable My New Theaterseries (1997-1999), drawings and sketches. All of the works in the exhibition are presented in color and this catalogue which also includes an interview with Jonas and poet/scholars Susan Howe and Jeanne Heuving.