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The Lining of Forgetting:

Internal & External Memory in Art

Austin Museum of Art

May 30th through August 9th

Family photo albums, Road Runner cartoons, the works of Shakespeare, and Barack Obama’s presidential primary campaign are just some of the subjects explored the Austin Museum of Art’s (AMOA) upcoming exhibition The Lining of Forgetting: Internal & External Memory in Art. This international exhibition, opening to the public on May 30th, explores the ways we remember - both as individuals and collectively - and highlights how we often forget, rewrite, and even fabricate memory.

An uneasy reliance on electronic storage, an unprecedented number of aging adults, and a certain cultural amnesia have worked to increase society’s preoccupation with memory. The exhibition focuses on the function of memory itself and the way that artists have examined its mutable nature.

The exhibition features sculpture, photography, works on paper, installation, video and computer-generated works by fourteen international artists including Edgar Arceneaux, Deborah Aschheim, Louise Bourgeois, Janice Caswell, John Coplans, Pablo Helguera, Emma Kay, Dinh Q. Lê, Scott Lyall, David Rokeby, Mungo Thomson, Cody Trepte, Kerry Tribe, and Rachel Whiteread. The featured works explore our evolving perception of history in the age of the internet and globalization, and the way that individual memory works to support personal and collective identities.

“Memory connects us to our past and to each other in a way that is unparalleled. It is a very prevalent topic in the news these days due to scientific studies on the brain, our concerns about aging, and recent advances in technology that allow us to store huge amounts of information,” said AMOA Executive Director Dana Friis-Hansen. “The artists in this exhibition explore those aspects in addition to the human side of memory that every visitor will be able to relate to.”

The Lining of Forgetting: Internal & External Memory in Art will be on display through May 30th through August 9th at the Austin Museum of Art, located at 823 Congress Avenue at the corner of Congress and 9th Street in downtown Austin. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students, and children under 12 are free. For information, call (512) 495-9224 or visit www.AMOA.org.




The Lining of Forgetting: Internal & External Memory in Art Austin Museum of Art May 30th through August 9th Family photo albums, Road Runner cartoons, the works of Shakespeare, and Barack Obama’s presidential primary campaign are just some of the subjects explored the Austin Museum of Art’s (AMOA) upcoming exhibition The Lining of Forgetting: Internal & External Memory in Art. This international exhibition, opening to the public on May 30th, explores the ways we remember - both as individuals and collectively - and highlights how we often forget, rewrite, and even fabricate memory. An uneasy reliance on electronic storage, an unprecedented number of aging adults, and a certain cultural amnesia have worked to increase society’s preoccupation with memory. The exhibition focuses on the function of memory itself and the way that artists have examined its mutable nature. The exhibition features sculpture, photography, works on paper, installation, video and computer-generated works by fourteen international artists including Edgar Arceneaux, Deborah Aschheim, Louise Bourgeois, Janice Caswell, John Coplans, Pablo Helguera, Emma Kay, Dinh Q. Lê, Scott Lyall, David Rokeby, Mungo Thomson, Cody Trepte, Kerry Tribe, and Rachel Whiteread. The featured works explore our evolving perception of history in the age of the internet and globalization, and the way that individual memory works to support personal and collective identities. “Memory connects us to our past and to each other in a way that is unparalleled. It is a very prevalent topic in the news these days due to scientific studies on the brain, our concerns about aging, and recent advances in technology that allow us to store huge amounts of information,” said AMOA Executive Director Dana Friis-Hansen. “The artists in this exhibition explore those aspects in addition to the human side of memory that every visitor will be able to relate to.” The Lining of Forgetting: Internal & External Memory in Art will be on display through May 30th through August 9th at the Austin Museum of Art, located at 823 Congress Avenue at the corner of Congress and 9th Street in downtown Austin. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and students, and children under 12 are free. For information, call (512) 495-9224 or visit www.AMOA.org.
		Austin Museum of Art 823 Congress Avenue (Congress at 9th) Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 495-9224 www.AMOA.org



		Louise Bourgeois, Ode à L’Oubli, 2004 fabric and color lithograph book, page 18 of thirty-six framed pages, artist’s proof 1 of an edition of 25, 10.75 x 13.25 x 2 in. Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Cheim & Read, New York. Photo: Christopher Burke


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