Charlotte Posenenske: Work in Progress

Dia Art Foundation, Beacon, NY

March 8–September 9, 2019

Production | Acquisition Grant

This work has been gifted to the Dia Art Foundation through the support of VIA Art Fund.

Charlotte Posenenske, a pioneer of minimalist and conceptual art overlooked by the annals of art history, was unique in her rejection of the normative status of the art object and the supreme authorship of the artist. Instead, Posenenske focused on reproductions and their ability to be disseminated to the greatest amount of people, developing several series of modular structures in limited shapes, colors and materials, the blueprints of which could be purchased for fabrication by anyone. Through September 2019, Dia Art Foundation presents the first in-depth retrospective of Posenenske’s work in the United States. Dia showcases both works loaned from institutions and private collections, and new fabrications generated from Posenenske’s blueprints by her preferred fabricator, verified by her estate.

VIA’s support will allow for the fabrication and acquisition of a significant group of works by Dia, adding the largest body of Posenenske’s work in the United States to the foundation’s collection where it may be continually publicly accessible.

For more information, visit Dia Art Foundation.

Images:

Charlotte Posenenske: Work in Progress, installation view, Dia:Beacon, Beacon, New York. © Estate of Charlotte Posenenske, Frankfurt. Photo: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York, courtesy Dia Art Foundation, New York.