School is in session
An Art History lesson at BHQFU.
Even though the Bruce High Quality Foundation has exhibited at places both high and low, from the W Hotel to P.S.1 MoMA and the upcoming Whitney Biennial, they still, quite often, have to explain themselves. One such example is the BHQFU, the Bruce High Quality Foundation University, a series of classes open to the public in subjects such as Philosophy of Motion Pictures, What’s a Metaphor and Occult Shenanigans in 20th/21st Century Art. More explanation defying courses are listed here, the most stupefying being the BHQFU Detective Agency (just try making sense of the website). But if you’re really interested and you want to know more, BHQFU, like a proper institution of higher learning, is having another open house this evening.
You may be wondering how a group of artists whose whole purpose is to debunk, defy and deconstruct the multi-billion dollar machine of a university arts education system pays for its high minded ideals. These classes, after all, are free of charge. But BHQFU isn’t just a cool idea, it’s a legit project with funding from major contributors like the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the NY State Council on the Arts, government speakers and senators, and a corporate sponsor or two. So when you attend a class with a lesson plan based on a 1957 Albert Camus short story, you can trust that these guys have done their research and know what they’re doing.
