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Modern Lab: There is nothing to see here
October 30, 2010–April 24, 2011

The Modern Lab is a small gallery dedicated to focused installations of modern and contemporary works in a variety of media from the Gallery's collection.

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Modern and Contemporary Sculpture

Image: Ilse Bing Self-Portrait in Window, 1947 Gift of Ilse Bing Wolff © Ilse Bing Estate/Courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York 2001.147.70 Verging on invisibility or immateriality, these works can provoke, mystify, or even go unnoticed. The very difficulty of seeing them demands an extraordinary patience in viewing them. Some emphasize the basic properties of their medium, be it photography, drawing, or sculpture, while others make it difficult to tell just what the medium is. Still others play with the distinction between language and image. And yet, in a world inundated with visual information, these works all revive the act of close looking as a source of meaning.

Organization: Organized by the National Gallery of Art.

Schedule: National Gallery of Art, October 30, 2010–April 24, 2011

Passes: Passes are not required for this exhibition.

On view in the National Gallery's East Building, Upper Level.