Tino Sehgal
dal 16/1/2005 al 3/3/2005
Segnalato da
16/1/2005
Tino Sehgal
ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Solo exhibition. Coming from a background in choreography and political economy, which both play a fundamental role in his work, Sehgal does not produce tangible objects and is not interested in leaving any form of material trace. His medium is immateriality, which he uses to generate highly provisional pieces of art that challenge the traditional museological context.
This is the first of three solo exhibitions taking place at the ICA over a three-year period between 2005-07 by acclaimed London born artist Tino Sehgal.
In 2005 the exhibition will consist of two works that will introduce Sehgal’s unique artistic practice. In the Lower Gallery, Sehgal will present his earliest piece 'Instead of allowing some thing to rise up to your face dancing bruce and dan and other things' (2000) which makes reference to the video-work of the artists Dan Graham and Bruce Nauman. In the Upper Galleries, audiences will encounter Sehgal’s most recent and complex installation 'This objective of that object' (2004).
Coming from a background in choreography and political economy, which both play a fundamental role in his work, Sehgal does not produce tangible objects and is not interested in leaving any form of material trace. Sehgal views visual art as being completely interrelated with society and functioning along identical economic conditions, namely the production and exchange of goods and commodities. He is interested in challenging these conditions by creating works that appear as the transformation of acts and the production of meaning through a transitory situation, rather than as a transformation of solid materials. He does so by fulfiling the conventions of a visual artwork without physically producing anything, assembling meaning through directing people rather than creating objects.
Sehgal effectively designs situations that take the form of fleeting gestures based on movement and the spoken word with one or several people acting out a set of instructions over the duration of an exhibition. Over his career, Sehgal has worked with a variety of ‘interpreters’ including museum guards, singers, children and the owners of his galleries, to create highly provisional pieces of art that challenge the traditional museological context.
Through his work Sehgal explores social processes, conventions and the allocation of roles, thus questioning the coordinates that define the system of art: idea, visualization, originality, producer, viewer, owner, market value, etc. The human voice, language, movement and interaction are the artistic materials with which Sehgal stakes out a radical position within the tradition of sculpture and installation. Divested of all objectivity and materiality, his ephemeral poetic interventions leave an enduring afterglow in our minds.
Tino Sehgal was born in London in 1976. His recent solo exhibitions include the Museé des Beaux Arts, Nantes (2004) and the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (2004). In addition he has participated in a number of group exhibitions including the Venice Biennale (2003) and Manifesta 4, Frankfurt (2002). The Berlin-based, British artist has been invited to participate in the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2005.
Tue 18 Jan, 7pm - Talk: Tino Sehgal - In Conversation
Tino Sehgal will be in conversation with Jens Hoffmann, Director of Exhibitions, ICA, at the Goethe-Institut. Goethe-Institut, 50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Rd, London SW7 2PH - For tickets call 020 7596 4000 - £3
Venue(s) : Lower Gallery.
Upper Gallery.
Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH.
Full Price : £1.50 Mon-Fri; £2.50 weekends. Concession : £1 Mon-Fri; £1.50 weekends. ICA Members : Free.