Robert Barry, Jason Hirata, Ghislaine Leung - Actual but not concrete - CCS Bard 2025

Edited and designed by Lekha Jandhyala.
Artists: Robert Barry, Jason Hirata, Ghislaine Leung

ACTUAL BUT NOT CONCRETE is published on the occasion of the exhibition CONCRETE, Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, New York, April 5 - May 25, 2025. Produced by Lekha Jandhyala as part of the requirements for the master of arts degree at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College.

CONCRETE derives its form from the structural conditions that often compose standard exhibitions: walls, light, and space. Three artists, Robert Barry, Jason Hirata, and Ghislaine Leung, take the exhibition as a site to expose the unseen and indeterminate systems that, too, shape a viewing experience. Carefully balanced between order and ambiguity, their works complicate distinctions between the existing and the presumed. Together, the works suggest mutable contingencies—some gestures remain legible, while others resist clear and immediate interpretation.

32p - EN - 28x10,5cm - softcover with ring binding - new