Tomas Saraceno
dal 16/2/2010 al 19/6/2010
Segnalato da
16/2/2010
Tomas Saraceno
Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
The artist will occupy the entire gallery with his utopian installations, which combine science, art and architecture. In collaboration with spider researchers and astrophysicists, Saraceno has spent several years developing the more than 500 cubic metre large-scale model of the poisonous spider the Black Widow's web. In addition the exhibition will include drawings, photographs and texts, and 13 older works by the artist.
In the spring Bonniers Konsthall will present a solo exhibition by the artist and architect Tomas Saraceno, the 2010 Bonniers Konsthall guest artist (17 February-20 June). Tomas Saraceno, whose work is currently displayed in the exhibition Life Forms, will, in the spring, occupy the entire gallery with his utopian installations, which combine science, art and architecture. This is the first major presentation of this internationally renowned artist in Europe.
Sara Arrhenius, exhibition curator and Director of Bonniers Konsthall:
"Tomas Saraceno’s work comprises concepts of how art may build dreams for the future. He has the courage to let art propose new utopias in harmony with architecture and science".
In collaboration with spider researchers and astrophysicists, Tomás Saraceno has spent several years developing the more than 500 cubic metre installation that will be exhibited at Bonniers Konsthall. A large-scale model of the poisonous spider the Black Widow’s web, the point of departure for the new work is how scientists use images of spiders' webs to describe the origin and structure of the universe. The gigantic spider’s web, especially made for the main gallery of Bonniers Konsthall, consists of elastic black rope which will span floor to ceiling.
Tomás Saraceno’s installation for Bonniers Konsthall is a development of the work that the artist presented at the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009: Galaxy Forming along Filaments, like Droplets along the Strands of a Spider’s Web. The new work will be accompanied by drawings, photographs and texts that provide a unique insight into Tomás Saraceno’s working process and art. In addition, the exhibition will include 13 older works by the artist.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Bonniers Konsthall will produce a comprehensive publication, including essays by the researchers and curators involved in the project, as well as a programme of evening events focusing on the meeting of art, architecture and science.
By inviting a guest artist every year, Bonniers Konsthall enables the creation of new works. The artist is offered the opportunity to work on site in our guest studio and produce exhibitions exclusively for Bonniers Konsthall. Previous guest artists include Gunilla Klingberg (2009), Michael Beutler (2008), Monica Bonvicini (2007) and Gabriel Lester (2006).
Tomas Saraceno was born in 1973 in Argentina and lives and works in Frankfurt. Employing techniques such as installation, sculpture and photography, the artist explores the organic conditions and structures of our world.
Image: Galaxy Forming along Filaments, like Droplets along the Strands of a Spider’s Web, Venice Biennial 2009. Photo: Alessandro Coco
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