May 20 – July 11, 1999
Robert Gniewek,
Redford, 1998, oil on linen, courtesy of Louis K. Meisel Gallery
Meridian International Center presents this exhibition not as a defining comment on contemporary American art, but as a cross section of the state of the visual arts in the United States as the millennium dawns. Our intention is to bring to our friends in Southeast Asia and China a sense of what American artists are saying and doing today, and to reflect through these beautiful works the vastness and variety that is the United States. In the past, our international arts program has primarily dealt with the organization of exhibitions from abroad for circulation across the United States. Outward Bound provides the opportunity to travel the other way.
Meridian is pleased to have undertaken this project in partnership with Mobil, without whose generous support Outward Bound could not have become a reality. We wish to thank all of the lenders to the exhibition and the participating artists who have been so eager and willing to share their work with those in faraway lands. As the exhibition travels to Vietnam, China, Singapore, and Indonesia, it is our hope that people in those countries will better understand and appreciate the spirit of America. By building this new bridge between different cultures, we seek to contribute to the larger goal of greater global harmony in the twenty-first century.
Supported by our partner : Pierre Mathieu psychanalyste paris conseiller conjugal paris
