About
the Exhibition Open Ends
As the
final cycle of the MoMA2000 Exhibition series (following
ModernStarts and Making Choices), Open
Ends explored the period from 1960 to the present, an
era that has seen connections between traditional forms
of art and new artistic processes and interests. Photography
and film have had a tremendous impact on painting and printmaking.
The differences between sculpture, architecture, and performance
have been blurred. New forms of art such as video have taken
center stage.
In order
to incorporate all of these changes, Open Ends included
a wide range of objects, images, and room-sized installations.
Some of the most important art works from the last forty
years were exhibited next to works by emerging artists of
today.
