Editorial: Morning at the 58th Carnegie International
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Editorial Board
The relativity of time, experience and everything else is the theme of the 58th Carnegie International that opens on Sept. 24 and runs until April 2, 2023.
There’s an old Mayan saying that will become more familiar in Pittsburgh in the coming months: “Is it morning for you yet?” It is a greeting roughly equivalent to “good morning,” except that it takes into account that as people and cultures, we’re wired differently. What may be “morning” to the person initiating the greeting could be a completely different time and season for the one being asked.
The relativity of time, experience and everything else is the theme of the 58th Carnegie International that opens on Sept. 24 and runs until April 2, 2023. The Carnegie International is the longest running North American exhibition of international art. It is mounted every three or four years by a revolving list of highly esteemed curators.
“Is it morning for you yet?” will feature 70 artists and collectives who will approach that provocative question in their own way.
“The artists participating at the 58th Carnegie International, many of whom are showing art in the United States for the first time, combine a practice of reconstitution, reminding us that not only do our histories of pain and longing bind us, but furthermore, our narratives of resistance and survival help us reimagine the world,” said Sohrab Mohebbi, the Kathe and Jim Pastrinos Curator of the show. Mr. Mohebbi put the show together with co-curators Ryan Inouye and Talia Heiman.
Most of the artists who will be showcased wouldn’t be familiar to those who haven’t been keeping abreast of what’s happening on the international art scene, but a familiar name did pop up in the list of those who will be a part of this exhibition — Braddock native and acclaimed photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier. The McArthur “genius award” winner’s haunting photos of her town and family during the era of deindustrialization in the Mon Valley helped us understand what was happening in those places during some of the most crucial years of this region’s history.
The 58th Carnegie International will showcase a who’s who of contemporary art from around the world and will attract critics and art lovers curious to see these diverse works in conversation with each other. The Carnegie International has been popular with Pittsburghers who wander in to be challenged or bedazzled.
Even if a piece of art fails to move the viewer, visitors feel a deep appreciation for what the show represents. The eyes of the art world turn to Pittsburgh every four years just to see what’s next on the horizon. This show is as clear a roadmap as any.
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