May 2008

Dear Friends:

This month, MoMA presents the unique work of the German photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher. Fascinated by functional architecture, the artists systematically photograph water
towers, gas tanks, and other industrial structures, grouping the images by type in grids to invite comparison. Far less familiar than these "typologies" are the landscapes the Bechers made at the same time to provide overviews of entire industrial complexes. Opening May 21, the exhibition juxtaposes these equally compelling but artistically different ways of
seeing.

On May 19, a special concert organized as part of the exhibition Jazz Score presents two world-renowned jazz improvisers—Polish trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stanko and American saxophonist Billy Harper—performing together for the first time, in a celebration of Krzysztof Komeda's film music. Komeda, perhaps best known for composing the haunting score to Rosemary's Baby, was a key player in Eastern Europe's underground
jazz scene during the late 1950s.

We look forward to seeing you in the galleries.

Glenn D. Lowry
Director

Pictured above:
MoMA Director Glenn D. Lowry. Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders