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Claudia Gould (born 1956) is an art curator and the Helen Goldsmith Menschel Director of The Jewish Museum in New York City. ==Life and work== Claudia Gould was born and raised near New Haven, Connecticut. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Boston College and a Masters from New York University. As part of her education she was an intern at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The New Museum〔(New York Foundation for the Arts Interview with Claudia Gould ).〕 and Artists Space, NYC. Gould has worked as both a staff member and independent curator for various art institutions and museums. Her first curatorial position was at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo, New York in 1983.〔(Hallwalls Exhibition (1984) )〕 That same year, Gould co-founded Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine, devoted to global, cutting-edge music and sound art, with Joseph Nechvatal and Carol Parkinson.〔(Harvestworks Team Lab )〕〔Alan W. Moore, Artists' Collectives: Focus on New York, 1975-2000 in Collectivism After Modernism: The Art of Social Imagination after 1945, Blake Stimson & Gregory Sholette, (eds) University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2007, pp. 193-221〕 Gould was a curator and program coordinator for PS 1 (now MoMA PS1), in charge of their National and International Studio Program from 1984 to 1986.〔(ART: P.S. I SHOWS WORK OF 35 YOUNGER PAINTERS by Michael Brenson, published: December 6, 1985 ).〕 She was the American Curatorial Coordinator for Documenta 8 in 1987 and then served as curator of exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University from 1988 through 1992. During her tenure at Wexner, exhibitions ranged from a one-person exhibition on Kiki Smith to In Black and White: Dress from the 1920s to Today, in an installation designed by French interior designer Andrée Putman.〔 (Calling All Karan Fans: Donna Does The Discount Thing In Michigan City By Genevieve Buck, May 06, 1992, Chicago Tribune ).〕 Some of Gould’s independent curatorial projects include: the (1992) site-specific installation Kawamata Project on Roosevelt Island;〔(Kawamata Project on Roosevelt Island, Asiart, 1993 ).〕 a collaborative building project with artist Vito Acconci and architect Steven Holl at New York City’s Storefront for Art and Architecture(1993)〔(Vito Acconci and Steven Holl: A Collaborative Building Project, November 13, 1993 – December 30, 1993 ).〕 and The Music Box Project,〔(Works embrace sound of music by Syd Kronish, The Argus Pres, December 4, 1994 ).〕 a commission of 17 music boxes by contemporary artists in collaboration with the 100-year-old Swiss music box company Reuge (1994).〔(Reverb by John Floyd, Miami NewTimes News, 1996 ).〕 From 1994 to 1999, Gould served as Executive Director of Artists Space, the landmark New York City alternative exhibition space and artist service organization dedicated to emerging artists working in all mediums. She reinstated Artists Space’s architecture and design program, which began in 1979 with Bernard Tschumi,〔(Bernard Tschumi Architects ).〕 by giving architects Greg Lynn, UN Studio/Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, Galia Solomonoff,Toshiko Mori and designer J. Abbott Miller their first one-person exhibitions. Other highlights of her time at Artists Space include an exhibition and publication on the History of Squat Theatre and a comprehensive 25th anniversary book in tandem with an exhibition with Laurie Anderson.〔(ART; Tracing a Long Voyage Into the Mainstream by Kay Larson, The New York Times, September 27, 1998 ).〕 In 1999 Gould was appointed Director of Philadelphia’s Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania〔(New Yorker Selected As New Head Of Ica, philly.com )〕 where she served until 2011. During Claudia’s tenure as Director, the ICA initiated multiple programs to integrate themselves within the academic and civic community of the University, such as Writing Through Art and Culture with the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing and Kelly Writers House.〔(Writing Through Art and Literature )〕 As the ICA’s Director, Gould organized the first museum surveys of artists Lisa Yuskavage, Charles LeDray and Polly Apfelbaum, an exhibition by graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister and brought a major retrospective to the institution on the work of fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, in an installation by architects Coop Himmelb(l)au. Exhibitions presented by the team at the ICA under Gould’s leadership demonstrated a continuous integration of design, fashion and popular culture in a contemporary art setting. Highlights include a 36-institution, citywide initiative called “The Big Nothing”; a retrospective of the work of Barry Le Va; a survey of the work of Karen Kilimnik, Ensemble, a commissioned exhibition curated by Christian Marclay; Rodney Graham: A Little Thought; Intricacy, curated by architect and theorist Greg Lynn; Dirt on Delight: Impulses that Form Clay, significant work in clay by 22 artists spanning four generations; Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn and Chicago's Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954-1968, an exhibition on Jazz pioneer, bandleader, mystic, philosopher, and Afro-Futurist, Sun Ra and his ensemble; the first U.S. solo museum exhibition for Mexican artist Damián Ortega; the first U.S. solo museum exhibition for Trisha Donnelly; and a survey focusing on Maira Kalman’s work as illustrator an co-founder of M&Co.〔(Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Past Exhibitions )〕 The New York Times wrote of the ICA during Claudia Gould’s tenure, “On a surprisingly regular basis, the Institute of Contemporary Art mounts exhibitions that make the contemporary art adventures of many larger museums look blinkered, timid and hidebound.”.〔(Crucible of Creativity, Stoking Earth Into Art by Roberta Smith,The New York Times, March 19, 2009 )〕 Gould joined the staff of The Jewish Museum in 2011.〔(Jewish Museum Picks Director From Art World by Kate Taylor, The New York Times, August 23, 2011 ).〕 Gould is a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), and sits on the advisory board of Storefront for Art and Architecture. She currently resides in Manhattan. As a museum director and curator, Gould has been noted for her commitment to distinctive programming and an expansive interdisciplinary approach to exhibitions, education, and public outreach. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Claudia Gould」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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