Brandon Ballengee
dal 15/2/2014 al 28/6/2014
Segnalato da
15/2/2014
Brandon Ballengee
Museum Het Domein, Sittard
Seasons in Hell. Paintings, photos, installations, sculptures, and videos from 1996 through the present
Seasons in Hell. The work of American artist, biologist and conservationist Brandon Ballengee (Sandusky, Ohio, us, 1974) provides prominent and striking proof of the fruitful collaboration between art and science. Seasons in Hell - the title is borrowed from a poem by Arthur Rimbaud - is Ballengee's first solo museum exhibition in the Netherlands. It features paintings, photos, installations, sculptures, and videos from 1996 through the present and can be considered as a concise retrospective. One of his most recent works in the exhibition brings attention to the fate of the fire salamander, a critically endangered species which, in the Netherlands, is found virtually only in South Limburg. The artist has also developed a large-scale, site-specific new installation for the exhibition. During the evening hours, the museum's many windows will be lit up with uv lights, turning the exterior of Het Domein into a giant Love Motel for Insects. (Image: DFA125, Glaucus, 2013)