Andrea Zittel
dal 8/2/2012 al 19/5/2012
Segnalato da
8/2/2012
Andrea Zittel
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
Alongside sculpture, works in textiles and on paper, the presentation includes seven ‘Wagon Stations’ - moveable living units that have been customised by the artist’s friends and collaborators. It also includes Lay of My Land, a new, large-scale sculpture specially commissioned for the exhibition.
curated by Richard Julin, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Magasin 3, with Andrea Zittel
Born in Escondido, California in 1965, Zittel
received a BFA in painting and sculpture from San Diego State University in 1988
and an MFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1990.
She
began her practice in New York in the early 1990s and established A-Z East, a small
house in Brooklyn which she turned into a testing ground for prototypes for living. In
2000 she moved back to the West Coast, eventually settling in the High Desert region
next to Joshua Tree National Park where she founded A-Z West.
In California Zittel began creating minimal households in which everyday activities such
as sleeping, eating, cooking and socializing become artistic actions. Zittel is now most
closely associated with these remarkable utopian structures which, in different ways,
explore what humans need for survival. Her projects are deeply rooted in her own
everyday life and her work delves into many different fields such as architecture,
painting, photography, design, textiles, needlework and cooking. For over two decades
Zittel’s experiments have included dressing in the same home-sewn uniform for months
on end, exploring restrictions in living space by living on an artificial island or living
without measured time.
This exhibition focuses on ideas relating to A–Z West. Alongside sculpture, works in
textiles and on paper, the presentation includes seven ‘Wagon Stations’ - moveable
living units that have been customised by the artist’s friends and collaborators. It also
includes Lay of My Land, a new, large-scale sculpture specially commissioned for the
exhibition. Comprised of seven elements, it replicates the dramatic topographical
figuration of the landscape that surrounds A–Z West in the Mojave Desert. An extensive
new monograph on the artist also accompanies the exhibition and includes exclusive
new photography taken in spring 2011.
Andrea Zittel: Lay of My Land is organised and was originated by Magasin 3
Stockholm Konsthall where it was presented from September - December 2011. It is
curated by Richard Julin, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Magasin 3, with Andrea
Zittel. The exhibition includes the production of a new, large-scale work entitled Lay of
My Land and a new publication of the same name.
Andrea Zittel has been included in numerous group exhibitions such as the Venice
Biennale and Documenta X. She has had solo exhibitions at institutions including
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, The Whitney
Museum of American Art, New York, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
and Schaulager, Base
Image: Andrea Zittel
‘A-Z Wagon Station customized by Carolyn
Castano’ at A-Z West, 2005
Photograph: Andrea Zittel
media preview: Thursday 9 February 2012 from 2.00pm
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead Quays South Shore Road - Gateshead
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