Winter in America

The School in Kinderhook is pleased to announce a multimedia group exhibition, "Winter in America", open until April 2016. The exhibition is taking its title from the 2006 APT artist Hank Willis Thomas and Kambui Olujimi video which reenacts Thomas’s cousin’s pointless murder over a gold chain, Winter in America examines the disheartening events that seem to continually impede progress, but despite it all, maintains the hope for change in the coming of Spring.

America is in a season of malaise, perpetually struggling with war, intolerance, environmental degradation, fear, gun violence, and alienation, all of which seem to quell optimism and growth.  The works featured in this exhibition express the mood currently experienced in the United States, and reflect the stark landscape, chilly air, and quiet introspection of winter. The artists included tread readily in this dark season—documenting the fall of Saddam Hussein, interacting with the landscape of the Israel/Palestine border, challenging ingrained stereotypes---in order to expose the cold heart of conflict and create beauty despite the chaos. Taking its title from the 2006 Hank Willis Thomas and Kambui Olujimi video which reenacts Thomas’s cousin’s pointless murder over a gold chain, Winter in America examines the disheartening events that seem to continually impede progress, but despite it all, maintains the hope for change in the coming of Spring.

Dedicated to the loving memory of Claude Simard whose life and work has taught us so much and is carried on in our hearts daily.

 Including works representing 15 countries by the following artists:

JOHN AHEARN

GHADA AMER

SHIMON ATTIE                     

RADCLIFFE BAILEY

MATTHEW BARNEY

JOHN BOCK

GLENN BROWN

YOAN CAPOTE

GEOFFREY CHADSEY

LARRY CLARK

EDWARD S. CURTIS

GEHARD DEMETZ

PHIL FROST

VIBHA GALHOTRA

BETTY GOODWIN

BARKLEY L. HENDRICKS

NIR HOD

BRAD KAHLHAMER

HAYV KAHRAMAN

TITUS KAPHAR

TALLUR L. N.

ANNETTE LEMIEUX

DEBORAH LUSTER

ERIC MACK

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL

ENRIQUE MARTÍNEZ CELAYA

RANDY MOORE

RICHARD MOSSE

ADI NES

JACKIE NICKERSON

KAMBUI OLUJIMI

ROBERT AND SHANA PARKEHARRISON

RAYMOND PETTIBON

GARNETT PUETT

SANTIAGO RUBINO

CLAUDETTE SCHREUDERS

CLAUDE SIMARD

MICHAEL SNOW

NANCY SPERO

ALISON ELIZABETH TAYLOR

ANDY WARHOL

CARRIE MAE WEEMS

HANK WILLIS THOMAS

SELECTIONS FROM THE JOURNAL OF HAROLD VAN SANTVOORD