DE-PIXELATION
October 28, 2017 — January 13, 2018
New York: 21st Street
Gladstone Gallery is pleased to present DE-PIXELATION, an exhibition of new work from Thomas Hirschhorn’s Pixel-Collage series. Over the last two years, Hirschhorn has embarked on this deeply personal, political and socially-engaged body of work that explores the limitations and deceitfulness of imagery found throughout popular culture and the media. Employing a mix of collaging techniques, Hirschhorn’s work from the Pixel-Collage series calls into question the legitimacy of imagery that has been altered to protect the viewer from unpleasant depictions of gruesome human suffering and violence. This exhibition marks the conclusion of the *Pixel-Collage *series.
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About
Thomas Hirschhorn at the Robert Walser-Sculpture, Biel/Bienne, 2019
Photo: Enrique Munoz Garcia
Thomas Hirschhorn (b. 1957, Bern, Switzerland) lives and works in Paris. Hirschhorn studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich from 1978 to 1983. His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions including at Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland; Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Dia Art Foundation, New York; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark; Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany; Kunsthaus Zürich, Germany; MAXXI, Rome; Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, China; Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona; Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany; and Secession, Vienna. Thomas Hirschhorn has also been the recipient of many awards including the Prix Meret Oppenheim Prize (2018); Kurt Schwitters Prize (2011); Joseph Beuys Prize (2004); Rolandpreis für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum (2003); and Marcel Duchamp Prize (2000). Hirschhorn’s work is held in museums and public collections internationally including: Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim, Brazil; Dia Art Foundation, New York; Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany; Musée d’Art Moderne Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Tate Modern, London; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, among others.
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