This Time in America:Part 1. The two-part series, co-curated by renowned photographer Brenda Ann Kenneally, highlights photographers who have turned their lenses on America. Part 1, which runs concurrently with Art Basel from December 2nd to January 15th, features award-winning photographers and photojournalists who captured diverse segments of American society. Photographers inlcude Juliana Beasley, Nina Berman, Sean Hemmerle, Tim Hetherington, Brenda Ann Kernneally, Gillian Laub, Randal Levenson, Emily Schiffer.

The 9th Art is the link between traditional literary narratives to a visual language of myth as seen in comic strips. Once considered the lowest form of literature, denounced by parents, teachers and clergy for their corrupting on the minds and moral of youth, comics now command the attention of cultural critics and scholars of Art history. Comics and cartoons are an indelible fact of American Life and consequently of American Art, and are central to the postmodern sensibility.

Hernan Bas: Works from the Rubell Family Collection
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing, 4th floor
February 27 - May 24, 2009
Exhibition Curator: Mark Coetzee, Director, Rubell Family Collection
Brooklyn Museum presentation coordinated by Judy Kim, Curator of Exhibitions, Brooklyn Museum