Fake it, Fake it – till you Fake it.
January 24 — March 2, 2024
New York: 21st Street
"How to do art in times of war, destruction, violence, anger, hate, resentment? What kind of art should be done in moments of darkness and desperation? Can art be a tool for understanding history’s changes? Can a work of art draw alternative forms of understanding the world? How to continue working - as an artist - and in doing so, avoid falling into the traps of facts, journalism, and comments? I want to ask myself these questions and above all, I want to create, with my work, a surface of reflection. I don’t pretend to resolve or offer solutions, but I want my work Fake it, Fake it - till you Fake it. to contribute to this problematic, as a form cutting a break-through in the analog into the digital." – Thomas Hirschhorn
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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.
