An anthology.
For Thomas Hirschhorn, video
has always been a favored medium of expression.
Since the early 1990s, he has created stand-alone
video works, or used the medium to record
performances and complete three-dimensional
installations (with his so-called “integrated videos”).
His video work demonstrates the economy of means,
the formal energy, and direct strength as well as
the political and aesthetical conscience he has
shown for 25 years in his oeuvre.
This unique anthology brings together 13 seminal
videos works made between 1995 and 1997.
“All the key features of his oeuvre are already present
in his inaugural works, created between 1995 and
1997—a sense of urgency, necessity, beauty, joy,
frontality, repetition, equality in confrontation,
and homage as a form of resistance and of love.”
—
Stéphanie MoisdonOne of today's leading international Swiss artists, Thomas Hirschhorn (born in 1957, lives works in Paris since 1984) is the author of a large body of work (site-specific installations, films, drawings, etc), immediately recognizable for its
political conscience and its formal vocabulary. His work elicits debate, analysis, and a profound discussion of artistic and social issues.
