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Close Encounters: Facing the Future

September 13–October 26

Close Encounters is a compelling dialogue on social issues disguised as a contemporary art exhibition. 

Artists: Allora & Calzadilla, Cory Arcangel, Beehive Collective, Enrique Chagoya, Mel Chin, Sam Durant, Floating Lab Collective, Futurefarmers, Leon Golub, Wayne Gonzales, Daniel Heyman, Jenny Holzer, Mildred Howard, Chris Jordan, Ligorano/Reese, Robyn O’Neill, Yoko Ono, Ester Partègas, Jefferson Pinder, Adrian Piper, Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Martha Rosler, Roger Shimomura, Taryn Simon, Nancy Spero, Jon Winet.

Roger Shimomura, Two Characters
Roger Shimomura, Two Characters, 2003
From the Stereotypes and Admonitions series.
20 x 24 in. Courtesy of Greg Kucera Gallery.
Ligorano & Reese, <em>The State of Things
Ligorano & Reese, The State of Things, 2008.
Ice sculpture. Photo by Nora Ligorano.
Jenny Holzer, Truce to Terror
Jenny Holzer, Truce to Terror, 2008.
©2008 Jenny Holzer, courtesy Artists Rights Society, ARS and Cheim & Read, New York.
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See also:
   Gallery Talk: John Feffer, Oct 18
   Panel Discussion: Terrorism and Representation, Oct 25

Close Encounters is organized by Provisions Library, Don Russell and Niels Van Tomme, curators. Close Encounters is part of BrushFire, a national arts initiative focusing on social activist art in the crucial run-up to the November elections. BrushFire is sponsored by the CrossCurrents Foundation with additional support from the Creative Communities Fund of The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region; the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; the Humanities Council for Washington DC; The Nathan Cummings Foundation and The Tides Foundation.

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Museum Events

Fotoweek Lecture Series: Liza Faktor, Lincoln Schatz, Alexandra Avakian
2:00 p.m., Nov. 7

Gallery Talk: Virtuelle Mauer /
ReConstructing the Wall
5:00 p.m., Nov. 7

Artists' Reception
6:00 p.m., Nov. 7

Along with the Whale: Histories of Art Trade from Australia to the US
Nov. 17

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