Electric Currents, 1900–1940

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Date

Wed Mar 28 2012 until Tue Sep 25 2012

Location

MoMA ^{type:exhibition building spaces}
11 West 53rd St. ^{type:thoroughfare names}

Carried out by

The Museum of Modern Art

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Electric Currents, 1900–1940

Tim Burton

Plywood: Material, Process, Form

Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art

Contemporary Galleries: 1980–Now

Painting and Sculpture Changes 2012

Public Spaces Changes 2012

James Rosenquist: F-111

9 Scripts from a Nation at War

Eugène Atget: "Documents Pour Artistes

Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream

Printin,' in conjunction with the exhibition, Print/Out

Print/Out, in conjunction with the exhibition, Printin'

Cindy Sherman

MoMA Media Lounge 2012

Born out of Necessity

Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration

Projects 97: Mark Boulos

The Modern Restaurant Window - Andrea Zittell

Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 2

Kraftwerk - Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Words in the World: Combatant Status Review Tribunals, pp. 002954–003064: A Public Reading

Words in the World: Nora Schults with EI Arakawa Countdown

Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII

Words in the World: Paulina Olowska: Alphabet

Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language

Words in the World: Guy de Cointet. Five Sisters and Espahor Iedet ko Uluner!

New to the Print Collection: Matisse to Bourgeois

Young Architects Program 2012 (MoMA): Exhibition of Designs

Alighiero Boetti: Game Plan

Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000

Eyes Closed/Eyes Open: Recent Acquisitions in Drawings

Quay Brothers: On Deciphering the Pharmacist's Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets

Projects 98: Slavs and Tatars

Bruce Nauman: The 1980s

Performing Histories (1)

9+1 Ways of Being Political: 50 Years of Political Stances in Architecture and Urban Design

Frances Stark: My Best Thing

Rania Stephan

Clifford Owens: Anthology

Surasi Kusolwong

Chim↑Pom

Janet Cardiff: *The Forty Part Motet*

Henry Taylor

Darren Bader: Images

Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Max Brand: no solid footing – (trained) duck fighting a crow

Lara Favaretto: Just Knocked Out

Esther Kläs – Better Energy

Solo Projects by Rey Akdogan, Edgardo Aragón, Ilja Karilampi, and Caitlin Keogh

Young Architects Program 2012 (MoMA PS1): Wendy by HWKN

Jack Smith: Normal Love

Zackary Drucker: At Least You Know You Exist

Summer School 2012: Marina Abramović, Steve Paxton, and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	2009-11	2013-04	Tim Burton
2	2011-02	2013-03	Plywood: Material, Process, Form
3	2011-11	2012-05	Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art
4	2011-11	2014-02	Contemporary Galleries: 1980–Now
5	2012-01	2012-12	Painting and Sculpture Changes 2012
6	2012-01	2012-12	Public Spaces Changes 2012
7	2012-01	2012-07	James Rosenquist: F-111
8	2012-01	2012-11	9 Scripts from a Nation at War
9	2012-02	2012-04	Eugène Atget: "Documents Pour Artistes
10	2012-02	2012-08	Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream
11	2012-02	2012-05	Printin,' in conjunction with the exhibition, Print/Out
12	2012-02	2012-05	Print/Out, in conjunction with the exhibition, Printin'
13	2012-02	2012-06	Cindy Sherman
14	2012-02	2012-12	MoMA Media Lounge 2012
15	2012-03	2013-01	Born out of Necessity
16	2012-03	2012-07	Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration
17	2012-03	2012-07	Projects 97: Mark Boulos
18	2012-03	2013-03	The Modern Restaurant Window - Andrea Zittell
19	2012-03	2013-03	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 2
20	2012-04	2012-04	Kraftwerk - Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
21	2012-04	2012-04	Words in the World: Combatant Status Review Tribunals, pp. 002954–003064: A Public Reading
22	2012-04	2012-05	Words in the World: Nora Schults with EI Arakawa Countdown
23	2012-05	2012-09	Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII
24	2012-05	2012-05	Words in the World: Paulina Olowska: Alphabet
25	2012-05	2012-08	Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language
26	2012-05	2012-05	Words in the World: Guy de Cointet. Five Sisters and Espahor Iedet ko Uluner!
27	2012-06	2013-01	New to the Print Collection: Matisse to Bourgeois
28	2012-06	2012-09	Young Architects Program 2012 (MoMA): Exhibition of Designs
29	2012-07	2012-10	Alighiero Boetti: Game Plan
30	2012-07	2012-11	Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000
31	2012-08	2013-01	Eyes Closed/Eyes Open: Recent Acquisitions in Drawings
32	2012-08	2013-01	Quay Brothers: On Deciphering the Pharmacist's Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets
33	2012-08	2012-12	Projects 98: Slavs and Tatars
34	2012-08	2013-06	Bruce Nauman: The 1980s
35	2012-09	2013-03	Performing Histories (1)
36	2012-09	2013-03	9+1 Ways of Being Political: 50 Years of Political Stances in Architecture and Urban Design

#	Start	End	Title
1	2011-10	2012-07	Frances Stark: My Best Thing
2	2011-10	2012-07	Rania Stephan
3	2011-11	2012-05	Clifford Owens: Anthology
4	2011-11	2012-04	Surasi Kusolwong
5	2011-11	2012-04	Chim↑Pom
6	2012-01	2012-09	Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet
7	2012-01	2012-04	Henry Taylor
8	2012-01	2012-05	Darren Bader: Images
9	2012-04	2012-05	Kraftwerk – Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
10	2012-04	2012-09	Max Brand: no solid footing – (trained) duck fighting a crow
11	2012-05	2012-09	Lara Favaretto: Just Knocked Out
12	2012-06	2012-09	Esther Kläs – Better Energy
13	2012-06	2012-09	Solo Projects by Rey Akdogan, Edgardo Aragón, Ilja Karilampi, and Caitlin Keogh
14	2012-07	2012-09	Young Architects Program 2012 (MoMA PS1): Wendy by HWKN
15	2012-07	2012-09	Jack Smith: Normal Love
16	2012-07	2012-09	Zackary Drucker: At Least You Know You Exist
17	2012-09	2012-09	Summer School 2012: Marina Abramović, Steve Paxton, and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

Artists

There were 9 persons who influenced this exhibition.

Persons are ordered alphabetically by surname. Select a letter in the concertina to continue. Click on the person's name to view further information.

Giacomo Balla Lester Beall Peter Behrens Lucian Bernhard

Giacomo Balla

Biographical statement Italian, 1871–1958

Born 1871 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1958

Nationality Italian

Gender Male

External information resources for Giacomo Balla

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Giacomo Balla was involved in 41 exhibitions across 9 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1960s with 6 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 3 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1934-11	1935-01	MoMA	Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition
2	1936-03	1936-04	MoMA	Cubism and Abstract Art
3	1939-05	1939-09	MoMA	Painting, Sculpture, Prints

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1943-08	1943-09	MoMA	Action Photography
2	1946-07	1954-09	MoMA	Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
3	1949-06	1949-09	MoMA	Twentieth Century Italian Art
4	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-07	1950-09	MoMA	Three Modern Styles
2	1952-08	1952-09	MoMA	Works from the Museum Collection
3	1954-10	1955-02	MoMA	XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
4	1958-10		MoMA	Second Floor Permanent Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-12	1961-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions
2	1961-05	1961-09	MoMA	Futurism
3	1964-05		MoMA	Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
4	1965-12	1966-03	MoMA	Around the Automobile
5	1969-05	1969-09	MoMA	Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
6	1969-11	1973-01	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-07	1971-11	MoMA	Ways of Looking
2	1972-03		MoMA	Permanent Collection
3	1973-03	1973-06	MoMA	Works on Paper
4	1973-05	1973-08	MoMA	Drawings from the Kröller-Müller National Museum, Otterlo

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1980-10		MoMA	Reinstallation of the Collection
2	1982-03	1983-03	MoMA	Masterpieces from the Collection
3	1984-05		MoMA	Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
4	1985-10	1986-01	MoMA	Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910–1980
5	1987-01	1987-06	MoMA	Drawings Acquisitions

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1990-07	1990-09	MoMA	Drawing in Europe, 1881–1938
2	1992-09	1993-02	MoMA	Selections from the Collection
3	1992-10	1993-02	MoMA	The Artist and the Book in Twentieth Century Italy
4	1993-07		MoMA	Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture
5	1999-10	2000-01	MoMA PS1	Minimalia: An Italian Vision in 20th Century Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2000-04	2000-09	MoMA	Seeing Double
2	2002-06	2004-09	MoMA	To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection
3	2004-11		MoMA	Painting and Sculpture: Inaugural Installation
4	2008-01	2008-12	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture Changes 2008
5	2009-01	2009-12	MoMA	Painting and Scultpure Changes 2009

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2011-01	2011-12	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture Changes 2011
2	2012-03	2012-09	MoMA	Electric Currents, 1900–1940
3	2012-07	2012-11	MoMA	Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000
4	2012-12	2013-04	MoMA	Inventing Abstraction: 1910–1925
5	2013-01	2013-12	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013

Lester Beall

Biographical statement American, 1903–1969

Born 1903 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1969

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Lester Beall

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Lester Beall was involved in 14 exhibitions across 6 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 5 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1960s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1937-11	1937-11	Rockefeller Center	Spanish and U.S. Government Posters

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-06	1941-06	MoMA	A History of the Modern Poster
2	1941-12	1941-12	MoMA	Introduction to Modern Painting: Modern Posters
3	1944-05	1944-09	MoMA	Posters
4	1949-03	1949-04	MoMA	The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club
5	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1968-01	1968-03	MoMA	Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-07	1971-09	MoMA	The Artist as Adversary
2	1976-03	1976-05	MoMA	Posters from the Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1991-02	1991-04	MoMA	Art of the Forties

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-09	2011-05	MoMA	Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen
2	2010-11	2011-05	MoMA	Building Collections: Recent Acquisitions of Architecture
3	2012-03	2012-09	MoMA	Electric Currents, 1900–1940
4	2013-07	2014-01	MoMA	Cut 'n' Paste: From Architectural Assemblage to Collage City

Lucian Bernhard

Biographical statement American, born Germany. 1883–1972

Born 1883 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1972

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Lucian Bernhard

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Lucian Bernhard was involved in 9 exhibitions across 6 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1990s,2000s,2010s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1960s,1970s,1980s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1968-01	1968-03	MoMA	Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-07	1971-09	MoMA	The Artist as Adversary

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1988-06	1988-09	MoMA	The Modern Poster

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1999-10	2000-02	MoMA	Modern Starts: People
2	1999-11	2000-03	MoMA	Modern Starts: Things

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
2	2008-04	2009-04	MoMA	Architecture and Design Rotation 2008

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2012-03	2012-09	MoMA	Electric Currents, 1900–1940
2	2013-04	2013-09	MoMA	Hand Signals: Digits, Fists, and Talons

Peter Behrens

Biographical statement German, 1868–1940

Born 1868 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1940

Nationality German

Gender Male

External information resources for Peter Behrens

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Peter Behrens was involved in 8 exhibitions across 5 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 2000s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1960s,1980s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-06	1960-09	MoMA	Art Nouveau

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1980-12	1981-03	MoMA	The Symbolist Aesthetic

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
2	2008-04	2009-04	MoMA	Architecture and Design Rotation 2008
3	2009-12	2012-02	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-09	2011-05	MoMA	Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen
2	2012-03	2012-09	MoMA	Electric Currents, 1900–1940

General Electric Co.

The Farm Journal

Jacques Nathan-Garamond

Biographical statement French, 1910–2001

Born 1910 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 2001

Nationality French

Gender Male

External information resources for Jacques Nathan-Garamond

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Jacques Nathan-Garamond was involved in 6 exhibitions across 4 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,2010s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1960s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life
2	1949-10	1949-11	MoMA	New Posters from 16 Countries

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-05	1950-07	MoMA	Posters from the Bernard Davis Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1968-01	1968-03	MoMA	Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2012-03	2012-09	MoMA	Electric Currents, 1900–1940
2	2012-07	2012-11	MoMA	Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000

Coles Phillips

Biographical statement American, 1880–1927

Born 1880 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1927

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Coles Phillips

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Coles Phillips was involved in 2 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 2000s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2000s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2012-03	2012-09	MoMA	Electric Currents, 1900–1940

Jupp Wiertz

Biographical statement German, 1881–1939

Born 1881 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1939

Nationality German

Gender Male

External information resources for Jupp Wiertz

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Jupp Wiertz was involved in 3 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1990s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1999-10	2000-02	MoMA	Modern Starts: People
2	1999-11	2000-03	MoMA	Modern Starts: Things

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2012-03	2012-09	MoMA	Electric Currents, 1900–1940

Electric Currents, 1900–1940

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

MoMA PS1

Artists

B

Giacomo Balla

Exhibitions

1930s (3)

1940s (4)

1950s (4)

1960s (6)

1970s (4)

1980s (5)

1990s (5)

2000s (5)

2010s (5)

Lester Beall

Exhibitions

1930s (1)

1940s (5)

1960s (1)

1970s (2)

1990s (1)

2010s (4)

Lucian Bernhard

Exhibitions

1960s (1)

1970s (1)

1980s (1)

1990s (2)

2000s (2)

2010s (2)

Peter Behrens

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

1960s (1)

1980s (1)

2000s (3)

2010s (2)

C

J

N

Jacques Nathan-Garamond

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

1950s (1)

1960s (1)

2010s (2)

P

Coles Phillips

Exhibitions

2000s (1)

2010s (1)

W

Jupp Wiertz

Exhibitions

1990s (2)

2010s (1)

Acknowledgements