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Page 1 of 2 EXHIBITION PRESS RELEASE
Jim Shaw: The Donner Party
May 24 - September 16, 2007
Jim Shaw, The Donner Party, Theatre backdrop painting, 12 covered wagons,
29 tabletop sculptures and campfire vacuum cleaner sculpture, Dimensions variable, 2003
MAGASIN - Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble Click here to read the P.S.1 Newspaper article about this exhibition.
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center is pleased to present the U.S. museum premiere of Jim Shaw's large-scale installation The Donner Party (2003). This ambitious work most directly references the Donner Party's ill-fated 1846 journey across the Sierra Nevada mountains in which they were caught in a blizzard and resorted to cannibalism. The installation contains a plethora of other references as well, to historical figures, religious movements, popular culture, and, pointedly, to Judy Chicago's 1979 installation The Dinner Party. The exhibition will be on view in the Third Floor Main Gallery from May 24 through September 16, 2007.
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