Artists Announced for Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The artists whose work will be featured in Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International were announced today by Douglas Fogle, curator of contemporary art at Carnegie Museum of Art and curator of the exhibition. The show, on view from May 3, 2008, through January 11, 2009, will include some 200 works in diverse media by 40 emerging and established artists from 17 countries. As the pre-eminent international survey of contemporary art in North America, the 55th exhibition in the 112-years-old series continues the historic legacy set forth by previous Carnegie Internationals in presenting new and compelling works by artists from around the world.

Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International Artists

Doug AITKEN, United States, b. 1968

Kai ALTHOFF, Germany, b. 1966

Mark BRADFORD, United States, b. 1961

CAO Fei, China, b. 1978

Vija CELMINS, United States, b. 1938

Phil COLLINS, England, b. 1970

Bruce CONNER, United States, b. 1933

Peter FISCHLI, Switzerland, b. 1952 and David WEISS, Switzerland, b. 1946

Ryan GANDER, England, b. 1976

Daniel GUZMAN, Mexico, b. 1964

Thomas HIRSCHHORN, Switzerland, b. 1957

Richard HUGHES, England, b. 1974

Mike KELLEY, United States, b.1954

Friedrich KUNATH, Germany, b. 1974

Maria LASSNIG, Austria, b. 1919

Sharon LOCKHART, United States, b. 1964

Mark MANDERS, The Netherlands, b. 1968

Barry McGEE, United States, b. 1966

Mario MERZ, Italy, b. 1925, d. 2003

Marisa MERZ, Italy, b. 1931

Matthew MONAHAN, United States, b. 1972

Rivane NEUENSCHWANDER, Brazil, b. 1967

NOGUCHI Rika, Japan, b. 1971

Manfred PERNICE, Germany, b. 1963

Susan PHILIPSZ, Scotland, b. 1965

Wilhelm SASNAL, Poland, b. 1972

Thomas SCHUTTE, Germany, b. 1954

Ranjani SHETTAR, India, b. 1977

David SHRIGLEY, England, b. 1968

Paul SIETSEMA, United States, b. 1968

Rudolf STINGEL, Italy, b. 1956

Katja STRUNZ, Germany, b. 1970

Paul THEK, United States, b. 1933, d. 1988

Wolfgang TILLMANS, Germany, b. 1968

Rosemarie TROCKEL, Germany, b. 1952

Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL, Thailand, b. 1970

Andro WEKUA, Georgia, b. 1977

Richard WRIGHT, England, b. 1960

YANG Haegue, Korea, b. 1971

"Life on Mars is very much a poetic gesture in terms of thinking about our place in the universe as humans," said Fogle.

Support

Major support for the 2008 Carnegie International has been provided by the A.W. Mellon Charitable and Educational Fund, the Friends of the 2008 Carnegie International, The Fine Foundation, the Henry L. Hillman Fund, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Jill and Peter Kraus Endowment for Contemporary Art, Bayer Corporation, the Henry L. Hillman Foundation, the Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation, the Kraus Family Foundation, and The Fellows of Carnegie Museum of Art. Additional support for the exhibition is provided by William I. and Patricia S. Snyder, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Associates of Carnegie Museum of Art, the Beal Publication Fund, the Dedalus Foundation, the Harpo Foundation, and the Trust for Mutual Understanding.

CONTACT: Tey Stiteler of Carnegie Museum of Art, stitelert@carnegiemuseums.org