Titel:
The theater of disappearance
:
the Roof Garden Commission
Weitere Titel:
Impressum: This catalog published in conjunction with "The Roof Garden Commission: Adrián Villar Rojas, The Theater of Disappearance" on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 14 through October 29, 2017
Anmerkungen:
Catalog published in conjunction with the exhibition "The Roof Garden Commission: Adrián Villar Rojas, The Theater of Disappearance" on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 14-October 29, 2017
Beschreibung:
"Celebrated Argentinian artist Adrián Villar Rojas is known for his site-specific sculptural installations. For The Theater of Disappearance, the artist mines The Met's collection, drawing on the five thousand years of world history within its galleries, to create an elaborate ahistorical work. Set atop the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, Villar Rojas's installation transforms the space into a performative diorama, where banquet tables occupy an oversize black-and-white checkerboard floor punctuated by sculptures that fuse together human figures and artifacts found within the museum. The resulting juxtapositions put forth a radical reinterpretation of museum practices."--Publisher's description
"Celebrated Argentinian artist Adrián Villar Rojas is known for his site-specific sculptural installations. For The Theater of Disappearance, the artist mines The Met's collection, drawing on the five thousand years of world history within its galleries, to create an elaborate ahistorical work. Set atop the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, Villar Rojas's installation transforms the space into a performative diorama, where banquet tables occupy an oversize black-and-white checkerboard floor punctuated by sculptures that fuse together human figures and artifacts found within the museum. The resulting juxtapositions put forth a radical reinterpretation of museum practices."--Publisher's description