Susan Hiller: Aspects of the Self 1972-1985 [Curatorial Project]
Hammond, Chris and Hiller, Susan. 2016. Susan Hiller: Aspects of the Self 1972-1985 [Curatorial Project]. In: "Susan Hiller: Aspects of the Self 1972-1985", Mot International Brussels, Belgium, 12 February – 26 March 2016. [Show/Exhibition]
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Show/Exhibition |
Creators: | Hammond, Chris and Hiller, Susan |
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Abstract or Description: | MOT International is delighted to present the first solo exhibition of Susan Hiller in Belgium. Acclaimed as one of the most influential artists of her generation, Hiller has developed over the past forty years a practice that continuously questions belief systems and the production of meaning. Mining cultural artefacts whose potential has been previously hidden, forgotten or repressed, her work explores the liminality of irrational phenomena such as the practice of automatic writing, near-death experiences and collective encounters of unconscious, subconscious and paranormal activity. The early mixed-media installation Monument (Foreign Version) (1980-1) consists of 41 photographs, one for each year in the artist’s life, depicting plaques from a public memorial that commemorates individuals who sacrificed their lives in heroic acts to save others. The accompanying soundtrack is narrated in English, French, German and, for the first time ever, in Flemish. Viewers may sit on the park bench in front of the photographs to listen to the soundtrack, therefore becoming part of the installation as seen by others. Susan Hiller was born in 1940 in the USA and has been based mainly in London since the early 1960s. Her career has been recognised by major survey exhibitions at the ICA, London (1986); ICA, Philadelphia (1998); Museu Serralves, Porto (2004); Castello di Rivoli, Turin (2006); Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2007); Kunst-Raum des Deutschen Bundestages, Berlin (2008); Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg (2012) amongst others, and includes a major retrospective exhibition at Tate Britain, London (2011). Her work features in numerous international private and public collections including the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Ludwig Museum, Cologne; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Gallery, London and the Centro de Arte Contemporanea Inhotim, Brazil. Resounding (infrared), 2013 Resounding (ultraviolet), 2014 |
Official URL: | http://web.archive.org/web/20160229094410/http://w... |
Departments, Centres and Research Units: | Art |
Date range: | 12 February – 26 March 2016 |
Event Location: | Mot International Brussels, Belgium |
Item ID: | 21491 |
Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2017 11:43 |
Last Modified: | 29 Apr 2020 16:36 |
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