Altmejd, Benglis and Semmel in A Product of Time: 25 Years of TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art
7 September—30 November, 2024
Group exhibition at The Warehouse, Dalls, TX, USA
A Product of Time: 25 Years of TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art celebrates the transformative effect of TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art—the annual contemporary art auction held at The Rachofsky House benefiting the Dallas Museum of Art and amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. In the past twenty-five years, the Dallas Museum of Art has acquired over 350 major works of art and organized dozens of shows with the funds raised from this benefit auction. TWO x TWO, with the galvanizing support from the local community, has put Dallas on the map as a global destination for contemporary art.
Sections of the exhibition are organized thematically to demonstrate how these funds have allowed the Museum to acquire art that speaks to the most pressing issues in the field. Furthermore, each section highlights the work of an artist who has had a solo exhibition at the DMA, demonstrating the robust, artist-based program TWO x TWO has helped to build at the Museum, allowing it to fulfill its mission to be a force for innovation in contemporary art. Artists who have had solo or two-person exhibitions are indicated on their wall label with the DMA icon.
We also recognize the immense support TWO x TWO has provided for amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, as the leading annual fundraiser for amfAR in the United States. Over the last twenty-five years, amfAR has fought to combat one of the defining public health crises of our era. Indeed, this exhibition serves as a visual testament to the intertwining legacies of art and advocacy, and how our actions today have the power to impact future generations.
Artists: Alia Ahmad, David Altmejd, Mamma Andersson, Matthew Barney, Lynda Benglis, Michaël Borremans, Frank Bowling, OBE RA Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana, Louise Campbell, James Casebere, Ian Cheng, Sandra Cinto, Ed Clark, Katie Collins, Bruce Conner, Gregory Crewdson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Marlene Dumas, Marcel, Dzama Melvin Edwards, Olafur Eliasson, Omer Fast, Isa Genzken, Mona Hatoum, Hugh Hayden, Sharon Hayes, Leslie Hewitt, Jim Hodges, Genevieve Howard, Tishan Hsu, Jacqueline Humphries, On Kawara, Minjung Kim, Jim Lambie, Liz Larner, Lee Ufan, Glenn Ligon, Tala Madani, Julie Mehretu, Sadamasa Motonaga, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Hitoshi Nomura, Shinro Ohtake, Tomie Ohtake, Gabriel Orozco, Laura Owens, Adam Pendleton, Sigmar Polke, Charles Ray, Gerhard Richter, Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Ugo Rondinone, Nobuo Sekine, Joan Semmel, Richard Serra, Shozo Shimamoto, Kenzi Shiokava, Simon Starling, Thomas Struth, Ricky Swallow, Jiro Takamatsu, Jackie Tileston, Luc Tuymans, Franz Erhard, Walther Jonas, and Wood Tsuruko Yamazaki.