Rudolf Stingel
dal 27/6/2007 al 13/10/2007
Segnalato da
27/6/2007
Rudolf Stingel
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Employing such materials as rubber, carpet, painted aluminum, Styrofoam, and paint, the artist questions and disrupts the viewer's understanding and experience of an art object. Although his work does not always use paint on canvas, it continually reflects upon some of the fundamental questions concerning painting today, including authenticity, hierarchy, meaning, and context. Curated by Francesco Bonami.
Solo show
Curated by: Francesco Bonami
Employing such materials as rubber, carpet, painted aluminum, Styrofoam, and paint, Rudolf Stingel's work questions and disrupts the viewer's understanding and experience of an art object.
Although Stingel's work does not always involve paint on canvas, it continually reflects upon some of the fundamental questions concerning painting today, including authenticity, hierarchy, meaning, and context.
While Stingel, who was shown in the 2006 Whitney Biennial, has created major installations for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and numerous other institutions, this is his first solo museum exhibition in the United States, surveying his career to date and including a new site-specific work.
This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Whitney Museum
945 Madison Avenue 75th Street - New York