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blazy--field-media-image blazy--field-media-image--full-exhibition field field--media--field-media-image field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item" data-blazy=""> <div data-b-token="b-9d2483abf66" class="media media--blazy media--image media--responsive is-b-loading"> <img decoding="async" class="media__element b-lazy b-responsive media__image" loading="eager" data-src="/sites/default/files/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg" srcset="" sizes="(min-width:1660px) 1680px, 100vw" data-srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_crop_25/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=YZChSOsL 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_crop_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=AYSCQ8Dd 534w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_crop_50/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=2W1pzam3 800w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_crop_66/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=HXRder9l 1087w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_crop_75/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=1uAyx01I 1200w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_crop_84/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=xHfhHiQU 1344w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_crop_100/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=FXCkkpR- 1680w" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%201%201'%2F%3E" alt="Two large wooden canvases with black and white historical photos hang on either side of doorway with four colorful screens. " /> </div> </div> <div class="media__caption body-text"><div class="media__caption__inner"><div class="media__caption__innermost"><p>Installation view, <em>Critical Mass</em>, MIT List Visual Arts Center, 1994. Archival slide. </p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="node__content"> <div class="container"> <div class="node__content__wrapper"> <div class="node__content__aside"> <div class="field field--sidebar-display field--field-location"> <div class="field__label field--sidebar-display__label">Location</div> <div class="body-text field--sidebar-display__text">Hayden & Reference Galleries</div> </div> <div class="field field--sidebar-display field--field-artists"> <div class="field__label field--sidebar-display__label">Featured Artists</div> <div class="body-text field--sidebar-display__text"> Meridel Rubenstein </div> <div class="body-text field--sidebar-display__text"> Woody Vasulka </div> <div class="body-text field--sidebar-display__text"> Steina Vasulka </div> <div class="body-text field--sidebar-display__text"> Ellen Zweig </div> </div> <div class="node__additional-links"> </div> <div class="node__exhibition-artists-note body-text"> Explore all artists who have exhibited at the List in our <a href="https://listart.mit.edu/art-artists/artists">Artist Index</a>. </div> </div> <div class="node__content__main"> <div class="field field--node--body body-text"><p class="text--intro">The 50th anniversary of the atomic bomb, developed at the Los Alamos Laboratory and first detonated in the southern New Mexico desert on July 16, 1943, inspired artists Meridel Rubenstein, Woody and Steina Vasulka, and Ellen Zweig to probe the ironic juxtaposition of two very different elements of American society. </p> <p><em>Critical Mass</em>, a multimedia installation, examines the unusual meeting of J. Robert Oppenheimer and other Manhattan Project scientists with the American Indians of San Ildefonso Pueblo, whose land adjoins Los Alamos, New Mexico. Their worlds fused at “the house at Otowi Bridge,” Edith Warner’s Rio Grande riverside home where both groups patronized a small restaurant she operated during the 1940s.</p> <p>Part I of <em>Critical Mass </em>employs complex, extended photographic portraits of the café’s principles: (1) Edith Warner (2) project director Oppenheimer (3) Tilano Montoya, the former governor of San Ildefonso (4) Niles Bohr, the Danish physicist who discovered atomic structure and (5) Phillip Morrison, the physicist who assembled “Fat Man” before it dropped on Nagasaki. The portraits become landscapes of the scientists’ milieu and the sacred, physical world around them.</p> <p>Part II, <em>Archimedes’ Chamber,</em> is a small room where legend and history meet. Oppenheimer is compared to Archimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and inventor, who sacrificed a quiet life of theoretical science to defend his city-state, Syracuse, from Rome during the Punic Wars. At the chamber gateway stand two columns of five palladium prints on steel frames and a column of four video monitors which are in continual play of If Archimedes’. Text and performance by Zweig, video by the Vasulkas, and photographs by Rubenstein investigate parallels to Archimedes’ life as they search for Oppenheimer’s motives in developing the bomb.</p> <p>Part III,<em> The Meeting</em>, is a representation of Warner’s house dominated by a dining table and six large chairs. Monitors built into each chair show videos of the scientists’ heads. A seventh monitor set in the table reveals hands serving a variety of foods, performing scientific experiments, and showing objects and photographs.</p> <p><em>Critical Mass </em>has been organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, and is being circulated through TREX, the Traveling Exhibitions Program of the Museum of New Mexico. Funding for the exhibit development and the traveling exhibition has been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Santa Fe Arts Commission. </p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section section--with-border section--with-title section--field-installation-photos"> <div class="container"> <h2 class="section__title"> Images </h2> <div class="grid grid--sm-2 grid--lg-3"> <div class="grid__item"><div class="grid__item__image"> <a href="" title="1994_Critical_Mass_01.jpg" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-field_installation_photos-V5x8_U9dgx8" class="colorbox"> <div class="blazy blazy--field blazy--field-media-image blazy--field-media-image--uncropped-33 field field--media--field-media-image field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item" data-blazy=""> <div data-b-token="b-9d2483abf66" class="media media--blazy media--image media--responsive is-b-loading"> <img decoding="async" class="media__element b-lazy b-responsive media__image" loading="lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg" srcset="" sizes="(min-width:1600px) 534px, (min-width:1200px) 30vw, (min-width:768px) 46vw, 90vw" data-srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=UG0RHukd 534w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_42/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=3ie7R9CF 730w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_50/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=6gFlUW-E 800w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_67/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=XpSKE5Qo 1072w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_75/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=-5w1Pfrh 1248w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_100/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=-G9IG105 1680w" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%201%201'%2F%3E" alt="Two large wooden canvases with black and white historical photos hang on either side of doorway with four colorful screens. " /> </div> </div> <span class="modal-content hidden"><span class="cboxSizer"> <div class="field field--media--field-media-image field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=UG0RHukd 534w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_42/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=3ie7R9CF 730w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_50/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=6gFlUW-E 800w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_67/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=XpSKE5Qo 1072w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_75/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=-5w1Pfrh 1248w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_100/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=-G9IG105 1680w" sizes="(min-width:1600px) 1072px, (min-width:1024px) 66vw, 95vw" src="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_01.jpg.webp?itok=UG0RHukd" alt="Two large wooden canvases with black and white historical photos hang on either side of doorway with four colorful screens. " /> </div> <div class="media__caption body-text"><div class="media__caption__inner"><div class="media__caption__innermost"><p>Installation view, <em>Critical Mass</em>, MIT List Visual Arts Center, 1994. Archival slide. </p></div></div></div> </span></span> </a> </div></div> <div class="grid__item"><div class="grid__item__image"> <a href="" title="1994_Critical_Mass_02.jpg" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-field_installation_photos-V5x8_U9dgx8" class="colorbox"> <div class="blazy blazy--field blazy--field-media-image blazy--field-media-image--uncropped-33 field field--media--field-media-image field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item" data-blazy=""> <div data-b-token="b-4629be6814a" class="media media--blazy media--image media--responsive is-b-loading"> <img decoding="async" class="media__element b-lazy b-responsive media__image" loading="lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_02.jpg" srcset="" sizes="(min-width:1600px) 534px, (min-width:1200px) 30vw, (min-width:768px) 46vw, 90vw" data-srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_02.jpg.webp?itok=t-jqSchU 534w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_42/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_02.jpg.webp?itok=XAnxmUXB 730w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_50/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_02.jpg.webp?itok=UecQUgFk 800w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_67/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_02.jpg.webp?itok=IfPSz6wg 1072w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_75/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_02.jpg.webp?itok=hG1-nQzV 1248w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_100/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_02.jpg.webp?itok=91qf2vDP 1680w" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%201%201'%2F%3E" alt="Document sits in glass case in middle of room, with three black and white historical photograph collages hanging on walls." /> </div> </div> <span class="modal-content hidden"><span class="cboxSizer"> <div class="field field--media--field-media-image field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_02.jpg.webp?itok=t-jqSchU 534w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_42/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_02.jpg.webp?itok=XAnxmUXB 730w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_50/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_02.jpg.webp?itok=UecQUgFk 800w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_67/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_02.jpg.webp?itok=IfPSz6wg 1072w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_75/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_02.jpg.webp?itok=hG1-nQzV 1248w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_100/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_02.jpg.webp?itok=91qf2vDP 1680w" sizes="(min-width:1600px) 1072px, (min-width:1024px) 66vw, 95vw" src="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_02.jpg.webp?itok=t-jqSchU" alt="Document sits in glass case in middle of room, with three black and white historical photograph collages hanging on walls." /> </div> <div class="media__caption body-text"><div class="media__caption__inner"><div class="media__caption__innermost"><p>Installation view,<em> Critical Mass</em>, MIT List Visual Arts Center, 1994. Archival slide. </p></div></div></div> </span></span> </a> </div></div> <div class="grid__item"><div class="grid__item__image"> <a href="" title="1994_Critical_Mass_03.jpg" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-field_installation_photos-V5x8_U9dgx8" class="colorbox"> <div class="blazy blazy--field blazy--field-media-image blazy--field-media-image--uncropped-33 field field--media--field-media-image field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item" data-blazy=""> <div data-b-token="b-66af9472e28" class="media media--blazy media--image media--responsive is-b-loading"> <img decoding="async" class="media__element b-lazy b-responsive media__image" loading="lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_03.jpg" srcset="" sizes="(min-width:1600px) 534px, (min-width:1200px) 30vw, (min-width:768px) 46vw, 90vw" data-srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_03.jpg.webp?itok=ZQSBjOn6 534w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_42/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_03.jpg.webp?itok=6g2AlfsY 730w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_50/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_03.jpg.webp?itok=UWDHN_8f 800w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_67/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_03.jpg.webp?itok=cj685Eg8 1072w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_75/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_03.jpg.webp?itok=PpX3_952 1248w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_100/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_03.jpg.webp?itok=YRD9-GLu 1680w" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%201%201'%2F%3E" alt="Three tvs with videos of people sit in ring in front of black and white photos of people and items covering the wall corner." /> </div> </div> <span class="modal-content hidden"><span class="cboxSizer"> <div class="field field--media--field-media-image field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_03.jpg.webp?itok=ZQSBjOn6 534w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_42/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_03.jpg.webp?itok=6g2AlfsY 730w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_50/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_03.jpg.webp?itok=UWDHN_8f 800w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_67/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_03.jpg.webp?itok=cj685Eg8 1072w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_75/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_03.jpg.webp?itok=PpX3_952 1248w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_100/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_03.jpg.webp?itok=YRD9-GLu 1680w" sizes="(min-width:1600px) 1072px, (min-width:1024px) 66vw, 95vw" src="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_03.jpg.webp?itok=ZQSBjOn6" alt="Three tvs with videos of people sit in ring in front of black and white photos of people and items covering the wall corner." /> </div> <div class="media__caption body-text"><div class="media__caption__inner"><div class="media__caption__innermost"><p>Installation view, <em>Critical Mass,</em> MIT List Visual Arts Center, 1994. Archival slide. </p></div></div></div> </span></span> </a> </div></div> <div class="grid__item"><div class="grid__item__image"> <a href="" title="1994_Critical_Mass_04.jpg" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-field_installation_photos-V5x8_U9dgx8" class="colorbox"> <div class="blazy blazy--field blazy--field-media-image blazy--field-media-image--uncropped-33 field field--media--field-media-image field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item" data-blazy=""> <div data-b-token="b-3527ddb7413" class="media media--blazy media--image media--responsive is-b-loading"> <img decoding="async" class="media__element b-lazy b-responsive media__image" loading="lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_04.jpg" srcset="" sizes="(min-width:1600px) 534px, (min-width:1200px) 30vw, (min-width:768px) 46vw, 90vw" data-srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_04.jpg.webp?itok=cPi0N2cH 534w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_42/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_04.jpg.webp?itok=TVEpNQdv 730w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_50/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_04.jpg.webp?itok=hF8UXkqv 800w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_67/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_04.jpg.webp?itok=PSWIUpIi 1072w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_75/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_04.jpg.webp?itok=hcuaf75w 1248w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_100/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_04.jpg.webp?itok=lK3g_zNx 1680w" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%201%201'%2F%3E" alt="Spotlit table with four books sits in front of large window looking outside to MIT courtyard with lit buildings." /> </div> </div> <span class="modal-content hidden"><span class="cboxSizer"> <div class="field field--media--field-media-image field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_04.jpg.webp?itok=cPi0N2cH 534w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_42/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_04.jpg.webp?itok=TVEpNQdv 730w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_50/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_04.jpg.webp?itok=hF8UXkqv 800w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_67/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_04.jpg.webp?itok=PSWIUpIi 1072w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_75/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_04.jpg.webp?itok=hcuaf75w 1248w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_100/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_04.jpg.webp?itok=lK3g_zNx 1680w" sizes="(min-width:1600px) 1072px, (min-width:1024px) 66vw, 95vw" src="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_04.jpg.webp?itok=cPi0N2cH" alt="Spotlit table with four books sits in front of large window looking outside to MIT courtyard with lit buildings." /> </div> <div class="media__caption body-text"><div class="media__caption__inner"><div class="media__caption__innermost"><p>Installation view, <em>Critical Mass, </em>MIT List Visual Arts Center, 1994. Archival slide. </p></div></div></div> </span></span> </a> </div></div> <div class="grid__item"><div class="grid__item__image"> <a href="" title="1994_Critical_Mass_05.jpg" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-field_installation_photos-V5x8_U9dgx8" class="colorbox"> <div class="blazy blazy--field blazy--field-media-image blazy--field-media-image--uncropped-33 field field--media--field-media-image field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item" data-blazy=""> <div data-b-token="b-efbb6b76c78" class="media media--blazy media--image media--responsive is-b-loading"> <img decoding="async" class="media__element b-lazy b-responsive media__image" loading="lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_05.jpg" srcset="" sizes="(min-width:1600px) 534px, (min-width:1200px) 30vw, (min-width:768px) 46vw, 90vw" data-srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_05.jpg.webp?itok=jTAi7SOH 534w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_42/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_05.jpg.webp?itok=pi-cQjZy 730w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_50/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_05.jpg.webp?itok=v6eGOyrC 800w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_67/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_05.jpg.webp?itok=OHITm-cB 1072w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_75/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_05.jpg.webp?itok=IfheLKLY 1248w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_100/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_05.jpg.webp?itok=EqdWvf0S 1680w" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%201%201'%2F%3E" alt="Fourty photos of white items and people with black backgrounds cover two walls with small tv in corner where they meet. " /> </div> </div> <span class="modal-content hidden"><span class="cboxSizer"> <div class="field field--media--field-media-image field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_05.jpg.webp?itok=jTAi7SOH 534w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_42/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_05.jpg.webp?itok=pi-cQjZy 730w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_50/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_05.jpg.webp?itok=v6eGOyrC 800w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_67/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_05.jpg.webp?itok=OHITm-cB 1072w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_75/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_05.jpg.webp?itok=IfheLKLY 1248w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_100/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_05.jpg.webp?itok=EqdWvf0S 1680w" sizes="(min-width:1600px) 1072px, (min-width:1024px) 66vw, 95vw" src="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_05.jpg.webp?itok=jTAi7SOH" alt="Fourty photos of white items and people with black backgrounds cover two walls with small tv in corner where they meet. " /> </div> <div class="media__caption body-text"><div class="media__caption__inner"><div class="media__caption__innermost"><p>Installation view, <em>Critical Mass</em>, MIT List Visual Arts Center, 1994. Archival slide. </p></div></div></div> </span></span> </a> </div></div> <div class="grid__item"><div class="grid__item__image"> <a href="" title="1994_Critical_Mass_06.jpg" data-colorbox-gallery="gallery-field_installation_photos-V5x8_U9dgx8" class="colorbox"> <div class="blazy blazy--field blazy--field-media-image blazy--field-media-image--uncropped-33 field field--media--field-media-image field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item" data-blazy=""> <div data-b-token="b-37d97f0754f" class="media media--blazy media--image media--responsive is-b-loading"> <img decoding="async" class="media__element b-lazy b-responsive media__image" loading="lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_06.jpg" srcset="" sizes="(min-width:1600px) 534px, (min-width:1200px) 30vw, (min-width:768px) 46vw, 90vw" data-srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_06.jpg.webp?itok=BbIq45UA 534w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_42/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_06.jpg.webp?itok=vP0-Vync 730w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_50/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_06.jpg.webp?itok=hahSq9DF 800w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_67/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_06.jpg.webp?itok=KU54s4GP 1072w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_75/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_06.jpg.webp?itok=ls4HAIfK 1248w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_100/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_06.jpg.webp?itok=iitC2Kii 1680w" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%201%201'%2F%3E" alt="Metal plate reading Critical Mass hangs on close wall, on far wall are four screens and hanging black and white photos. " /> </div> </div> <span class="modal-content hidden"><span class="cboxSizer"> <div class="field field--media--field-media-image field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_06.jpg.webp?itok=BbIq45UA 534w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_42/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_06.jpg.webp?itok=vP0-Vync 730w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_50/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_06.jpg.webp?itok=hahSq9DF 800w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_67/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_06.jpg.webp?itok=KU54s4GP 1072w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_75/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_06.jpg.webp?itok=ls4HAIfK 1248w, /sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_100/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_06.jpg.webp?itok=iitC2Kii 1680w" sizes="(min-width:1600px) 1072px, (min-width:1024px) 66vw, 95vw" src="/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/1994_critical_mass_06.jpg.webp?itok=BbIq45UA" alt="Metal plate reading Critical Mass hangs on close wall, on far wall are four screens and hanging black and white photos. " /> </div> <div class="media__caption body-text"><div class="media__caption__inner"><div class="media__caption__innermost"><p>Installation view, <em>Critical Mass,</em> MIT List Visual Arts Center, 1994. Archival slide. </p></div></div></div> </span></span> </a> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section--reversed-color section section--with-border section--with-title section--field-more-exhibitions"> <div class="container"> <h2 class="section__title"> <a href="/exhibitions" class="section__title__link"> More Exhibitions </a> </h2> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item"> <article class="card card--exhibition card--card-h3 card--card-h3--exhibition"> <a href="/exhibitions/global-conceptualism-points-origin-1950s-1980s" class="card__link card--exhibition__link card--card-h3--exhibition__link card__link--text-reversed"> <div class="card__text"> <h3 class="card__title card--exhibition__title card--card-h3__title card--card-h3--exhibition__title"> <span class="card__title__inner"> Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s–1980s </span> </h3> <div class="card__subtitle card--exhibition__subtitle card--card-h3__subtitle card--card-h3--exhibition__subtitle"> <time datetime="2000-10-24">October 24</time> - <time datetime="2000-12-31">December 31, 2000</time> </div> </div> <div class="card__image"> <div class="blazy blazy--field blazy--field-media-image blazy--field-media-image--card-50 field field--media--field-media-image field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item" data-blazy=""> <div data-b-token="b-4a87c66646d" class="media media--blazy media--image media--responsive media--ratio media--ratio--32 is-b-loading"> <img decoding="async" class="media__element b-lazy b-responsive media__image" loading="lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/media/images/exhibitions/2000_global_conceptualism_install_1.jpg" srcset="" sizes="(min-width:1600px) 800px, (min-width:768px) 50vw, 95vw" data-srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_crop_25/public/media/images/exhibitions/2000_global_conceptualism_install_1.jpg.webp?itok=MSHDkGP4 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_crop_33/public/media/images/exhibitions/2000_global_conceptualism_install_1.jpg.webp?itok=yjGrZpVG 534w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_crop_50/public/media/images/exhibitions/2000_global_conceptualism_install_1.jpg.webp?itok=2vAL34CX 800w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_crop_66/public/media/images/exhibitions/2000_global_conceptualism_install_1.jpg.webp?itok=rd8k1GuX 1087w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_crop_75/public/media/images/exhibitions/2000_global_conceptualism_install_1.jpg.webp?itok=_EhEiKk1 1200w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_crop_84/public/media/images/exhibitions/2000_global_conceptualism_install_1.jpg.webp?itok=4YKKwuwS 1344w" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%201%201'%2F%3E" alt="Artwork in various mediums and styles are spaced throughout the gallery on the walls, on stands, and in cases." /> </div> </div> </div> </a> </article> </div> <div class="grid__item"> <article class="card card--exhibition card--card-h3 card--card-h3--exhibition"> <a href="/exhibitions/kiki-smith-recent-photographic-work" class="card__link card--exhibition__link card--card-h3--exhibition__link card__link--text-reversed"> <div class="card__text"> <h3 class="card__title card--exhibition__title card--card-h3__title card--card-h3--exhibition__title"> <span class="card__title__inner"> Kiki Smith Recent Photographic Work </span> </h3> <div class="card__subtitle card--exhibition__subtitle card--card-h3__subtitle card--card-h3--exhibition__subtitle"> <time datetime="1999-01-17">January 17</time> - 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