The Morning News

The Morning News is a book and exhibition which attempts to convey the sense of anxiety that an unsure economy and world state contribute to; a calculated exposure to information which leaves the average cultural consumer with a sense that things are out of balance. This is not a show explicitly about the economic crisis; it is about the state of the society when communication is king, when the news at the top of the hour creates an ambience for your daily life, allowing for a quotidian dose of negativity. More than ever, and at an increasingly fast pace, we are exposed to information from a variety of reliable, partisan and objective sources. We can seek out as much or as little as we want; but by the turning on the radio, computer, or television, we are instantly under the influence and effects of current events and how the lens of the media transforms them.

Bringing together key works from the collection of FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais with works by emerging artists from London, New York and California, this exhibition connects works from the past 30 years to create a compendium of this feeling. Rather than be strict in the literal appearances or connotations of these works, it include diverse works which better portray the complications of this time, but also that of the past- this is a feeling which can, and will, never dissipate. The range of implications behind each of these works goes from personal to political to metaphysical. However, the aim of the exhibition is not to be solemn, dour or to cause anxiety or fear in the viewer by the sole encounter of the works, but to be evocative of our individual abilities to process adverse information.

Curated by Patrick Ronse and Lumi Tan.

Artists: Anne Collier (USA), Brian Clifton (USA), Hanne Darboven (D), Masashi Echigo (JP), Jef Geys (B), On Kawara (JP), Elizabeth McAlpine (UK), Matt Mullican (USA), Bruce Nauman (USA), Cady Noland (USA), Tony Oursler (USA), Philippe Parreno (F), Laurie Parsons (USA), Raymond Pettibon (USA), Sean Raspet (USA), Gerhard Richter (D) en Will Rogan (USA).