Museums: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden #5

The Hirshhorn hosted earlier this year a temporary exhibition dedicated to 1980's contemporary art.  

Below is a summary of the exibition, together with an introductory video and some photos. 

From Hirshhorn.si.edu:  Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980s:  "It’s the 80s as you’ve never seen it before.  Explore the iconic decade when artwork became a commodity and the artist, a brand. Razor-sharp, witty, satirical and deeply subversive, these nearly 150 works examine the origins and rise of a new generation of artists in 1980s New York who blurred the lines between art, entertainment and commerce, a shift that continues to define contemporary art today."

For the introductory video, click here.

Tormented Self Portrait (Susie at Arles) No. 2 by Ashley Bickerton (1988)

Greg especially liked the exhibition because part of the exhibition seemed to be all about Susan.

Thanks for visiting the Hirshhorn with us.  And please remember:  It's always Susan never Susie.  

P.S.  Also earlier this year, Dolcezza opened a coffee bar in the lobby of the Hirshhorn.  Below, check out the artistic design.