People’s Biennial Blog

Go behind the scenes of one of ICI’s most popular exhibitions, People’s Biennial here. The blog follows and documents Harrell Fletcher and Jens Hoffmann’s visits to Portland (OR), Scottsdale (AZ), Rapid City (SD), Winston-Salem (NC), and Haverford (PA), the selection of works in the exhibition, and the resulting two year tour.

Image: Journal staff Marc McClanahan looks at black-and-white photographs by Jorge “El Che” Figueroa of Pennsylvania at a reception for the “People’s Biennial” exhibit at the Dahl Arts Center.

February 3, 2011

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Harrell Fletcher

Harrell Fletcher is an artist who has worked collaboratively and individually on socially engaged, interdisciplinary projects for more than fifteen years; his work has been exhibited throughout the United States, and in Europe. He is a professor of art and social practice at portland state university in Portland, Oregon.

Jens Hoffmann

Jens Hoffmann is Deputy Director, Exhibitions and Programs, at The Jewish Museum. Formerly, he was Director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco from 2007-2012. He was previously Director of Exhibitions and Chief Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London from 2003 to 2007. Hoffmann was an adjunct professor at the California College of the Arts, San Francisco, a guest professor at the Nuova Accademia de Belle Arti, Milan, and a faculty member at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He has organized more than 50 shows internationally including the 12th Istanbul Biennial (2011) and the 9th Shanghai Biennial (2012).

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