This Long Century: Beginners

This Long Century: Beginners presents a group show of early work by twenty artists, on view at Dunes from September 1st through November 30th, 2023. The exhibition brings together paintings, sculptures, photographs and films, by artists who have previously contributed to the long-running, online archive This Long Century, in celebration of the website's 15th anniversary. The exhibition draws on an early period of shared artistic development, when ideas are tested and themes explored, some of which will be embraced and others discarded. As the first physical manifestation of This Long Century, the work on view emerges from a diverse cross-pollination of interests, while also providing a deeper understanding of each artists' contribution to the website itself. "As we hit the 15th year of This Long Century I found myself looking back through the archive—at the wide range of ephemera, sketchbooks, and personal reflections—thinking not only about where we started, but also what each contributor was making during their early years. I love beginnings, before anything makes sense. As beginners we are nonexperts; we're on the outside, making mistakes, relying on intuition to find our way through a cosmology of raw energy, accidents, and imprecise thoughts." — Jason Evans, Founder of This Long Century