The everyday question \u201cMay I help you?\u201d was used by Andrea Fraser in a performance that addressed the complex institutional relationships within the art world. The same question may also be turned towards the museum itself: what kind of help is actually being offered, and what kind of connection can still be expected in an era of increasing fragmentation, dissonance and impermanence? The exhibition draws on five decades of artistic production, from the 1970s to today, and features works by ninety artists\u2014including Ad Minoliti (in the museum\u2019s main hall), Alberto Carneiro, Carla Filipe, Doris Salcedo, Helena Almeida, Gabriel Abrantes, Gilbert & George, Jeff Koons, J\u00falia Ventura, Kara Walker, and Richard Serra, among many others. The works are drawn from collections on long-term loan to the MAC\/CCB (the Berardo Collection, the State Contemporary Art Collection, and the Teixeira de Freitas Collection), and are complemented by new commissions from Portuguese artists.<\/p>\n
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Curators Nuria Enguita and Marta Mestre <\/p>\n The exhibition \u201cMAY I HELP YOU? POSSO AJUDAR?\u201d Arts and Artists from the 1970s Onwards, inspired by Andrea Fraser\u2019s performance of the same name, explores the diversity of representations, presences, and narratives within the artistic field, questioning the idea of a single, linear direction in art history. Through dialogues between works spanning the last five decades, the exhibition examines what artists are and do, and the social roles they imagine for themselves. From the ruptures that redefined art in the 1970s to the accelerated digitalisation of the present, it highlights a range of heterogeneous formats, functions, and intensities.<\/em><\/p>\n Nuria Enguita <\/p>\n Artists:<\/p>\n Gabriel Abrantes<\/strong>, Helena Almeida<\/strong>, Giovanni Anselmo<\/strong>, Robert Barry<\/strong>, Taysir Batniji<\/strong>, Lothar Baumgarten<\/strong>, Bernd & Hilla Becher<\/strong>, Sara Bich\u00e3o<\/strong>, Irma Blank<\/strong>, Alighiero Boetti<\/strong>, Christian Boltanski<\/strong>, Olaf Breuning<\/strong>, Daniel Buren<\/strong>, Alberto Carneiro<\/strong>, Gabriel Chaile<\/strong>, Adriano Costa<\/strong>, Jim Dine<\/strong>, Jimmie Durham<\/strong>, Carla Filipe<\/strong>, Fischli & Weiss<\/strong>, Dan Flavin<\/strong>, Fernanda Fragateiro<\/strong>, Andrea Fraser<\/strong>, Gilbert & George<\/strong>, Simryn Gill<\/strong>, Fernanda Gomes<\/strong>, F\u00e9lix Gonz\u00e1lez-Torres<\/strong>, Dan Graham<\/strong>, Hans Haacke<\/strong>, David Hammons<\/strong>, Ana Hatherly<\/strong>, Mona Hatoum<\/strong>, Kiluanji Kia Henda<\/strong>, Thomas Hirschhorn<\/strong>, Jenny Holzer<\/strong>, Rebecca Horn<\/strong>, Sanja Ivekovi\u0107<\/strong>, Ana Jotta<\/strong>, Donald Judd<\/strong>, Mike Kelley<\/strong>, Yazan Khalili<\/strong>, Jeff Koons<\/strong>, Joseph Kosuth<\/strong>, Jannis Kounellis<\/strong>, Barbara Kruger<\/strong>, Louise Lawler<\/strong>, Sol LeWitt<\/strong>, Glenn Ligon<\/strong>, Jo\u00e3o Mar\u00e7al<\/strong>, Agnes Martin<\/strong>, Cildo Meireles<\/strong>, Mario Merz<\/strong>, Ad Minoliti<\/strong>, Matt Mullican<\/strong>, Bruce Nauman<\/strong>, Senga Nengudi<\/strong>, Chris Ofili<\/strong>, Gabriel Orozco<\/strong>, Dami\u00e1n Ortega<\/strong>, Pino Pascali<\/strong>, Silvestre Pestana<\/strong>, Raymond Pettibon<\/strong>, Antonio Pichill\u00e1<\/strong>, Sandra Poulson<\/strong>, Robert Rauschenberg<\/strong>, Doris Salcedo<\/strong>, Alan Saret<\/strong>, Juli\u00e3o Sarmento<\/strong>, Allan Sekula<\/strong>, Richard Serra<\/strong>, Jim Shaw<\/strong>, Susana Solano<\/strong>, Haim Steinbach<\/strong>, Frank Stella<\/strong>, Wolfgang Tillmans<\/strong>, Rosemarie Trockel<\/strong>, Jo\u00e3o Pedro Vale<\/strong> + Nuno Alexandre Ferreira<\/strong>, J\u00falia Ventura<\/strong>, V\u00eddeo nas Aldeias<\/strong>, Kara Walker<\/strong>, Franz West<\/strong>, Yonamine<\/strong>, Bruno Zhu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0Visit to the exhibition <\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Curatorial Adviser Raphael Fonseca (Denver Art Museum)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Curator of the exhibition and artistic director of MAC\/CCB<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span>\u25fe <\/strong>Sunday, april 12 and may 10, at 11:00am
\nFree admission, subject to prior registration to the email address servico.educativo.museu@ccb.pt<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n