Unorthodox

This November, the Jewish Museum will present Unorthodox, a large-scale group exhibition featuring over 50 contemporary artists from around the world whose practices mix forms and genres without concern for artistic conventions. Though the artists in Unorthodox come from a wide variety of backgrounds and generations, they are united in their spirit of independence and individuality. Through over 200 works, the exhibition will highlight the importance of iconoclasm and art’s key role in breaking rules and traditions. Numerous works that examine social and political values, religion and humanism, trauma, and identity explore the relationship between the human figure and the modern creative process.

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Unorthodox is organized by Jens Hoffmann, Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Public Programs, Daniel S. Palmer, Leon Levy Assistant Curator, and Kelly Taxter, Assistant Curator.

Participating Artists

Margit Anna

Austė

Clayton Bailey

Brian Belott

Meriem Bennani

Adolfo Bernal

Dineo Seshee Bopape

Michael Buthe

Tony Cox

Olga de Amaral

Brian DeGraw

Marie-Louise Ekman

Brenda Fajardo

Christina Forrer

Valeska Gert

Stephen Goodfellow

Zach Harris

Margaret Harrison

Tommy Hartung

Nadira Husain

Jamian Juliano-Villani

Cyrus Kabiru

E’wao Kagoshima

Gülsün Karamustafa

Keiichi Tanaami

Július Koller

Jirí  Kovanda

Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato

Boris Lurie

Alice Mackler

Abu Bakarr Mansaray

f.marquespenteado

Park McArthur

Birgit Megerle

Jeffry Mitchell

Mrinalini Mukherjee

Masatoshi Naito

Hylton Nel

Zoë Paul

Nick Payne

Christina Ramberg

Bunny Rogers

David Rosenak

Erna Rosenstein

Xanti Schawinsky

Max Schumann

Leang Seckon

Diane Simpson

Philip Smith

Hajime Sorayama

Jeni Spota

Miroslav Tichý

Amikam Toren

Endre Tót

William T. Vollmann