15/10/2006
Phil Collins
SFMoMA, San Francisco
British artist Phil Collins has made work in conflicted geopolitical sites around the world, including Baghdad, Belfast, Bogota', and Ramallah, creating nuanced representations of people and places. In a departure from much documentary and site-specific practice, Collins engages politics and pop culture in tandem, often soliciting the participation of the communities in which he works.
British artist Phil Collins has made work in conflicted geopolitical sites around the world, including Baghdad, Belfast, Bogota', and Ramallah, creating nuanced representations of people and places. In a departure from much documentary and site-specific practice, Collins engages politics and pop culture in tandem, often soliciting the participation of the communities in which he works. His video installation dunya dinlemiyor (Turkish for "the world won’t listen") features young people in Istanbul performing karaoke versions of songs by the 1980s band The Smiths. Within the politically fraught context of Istanbul, The Smiths' melancholic pop takes on new poignancy, asking us to listen to what the rest of the world won't. Collins is a nominee for the 2006 Turner Prize.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Film Screening
Is It Really So Strange?
By William E. Jones, 2004, 80 min.
Thursday, October 26, 2006, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 28, 2006, 2:00 p.m.
Phyllis Wattis Theater
Jones's insightful documentary examines the cult following of Stephen Morrissey — the former front man and singer/songwriter of British band The Smiths — that flourishes in the eastern suburbs of Los Angeles, primarily among Latino and Hispanic youth. Though Morrissey seems an unlikely idol for this demographic, the film reveals a unifying sense of alienation expressed in his songs and experienced by migrant youths and a growing gay community. The October 26 program features an introduction by the filmmaker and a question-and-answer period following the screening.
Free with Museum admission.
The New Work series is organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and is generously supported by Collectors Forum, an SFMOMA auxiliary and the founding patron of the series. Major funding is also provided by Mimi L. Haas, Nancy and Steven H. Oliver, Robin Wright, and the Betlach Family Foundation.
Saturday, September 16, 2006 - Sunday, January 21, 2007
SFMoMA
151 Third Street - San Francisco