Pipilotti Rist: The Tender Room
For immediate release: March 22, 2011
NEW IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION BY RENOWNED SWISS VIDEO ARTISTColumbus, OH—A pioneer of video art, Pipilotti Rist makes her solo debut in Columbus with a newly commissioned multimedia project titled Pipilotti Rist: The Tender Room for the Wexner Center, on view March 26–July 31, 2011. This site-specific, multimedia environment will incorporate Rist’s recent ideas into a wholly new work, featuring her signature use of lush color, with video projections, vibrant window treatments, seating elements, a restroom video installation, and a chandelier designed by Rist. She will draw inspiration from her first feature-length film, Pepperminta (2009), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The exhibition will also feature a projection of the single-channel video Open My Glade (Flatten) outside the Wexner’s east entrance.
Rist takes familiar subjects, such as the body, and divorces them from traditional representations through her clever, and transformative, use of color and signature manipulations of the camera. Devoting herself to the task of complicating and enhancing the visual environment, Rist blurs the boundary between fantasy and reality, and her immersive installations invite viewers to linger in the space.
Notes Chief Curator Christopher Bedford, “We are thrilled to host the solo Columbus debut of Pipilotti Rist, and to have been able to support the production of an ambitious new work that extends the reach of one of the artist’s most significant projects to date, Pepperminta. We look forward to seeing, and sharing, her new environment in our galleries.”
In recent years, Rist has created similar immersive environments such as Pour Your Body Out (2009), commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Tyngdkraft, var min vän (Gravity, Be My Friend) (2007).
Rist has exhibited internationally and received many awards for her work, including the prestigious Joan Miró Prize from the Fundació Caixa Girona in Spain. Rist’s work appears in numerous publications and can be seen in collections worldwide, including at The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec. Rist lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Catalogue and artist's talk
The center will produce an exhibition catalogue documenting the new installation to be available in early June with essays by Christopher Bedford and Lynne Tillman, an interview with the artist by Kristin Brockman, and extensive installation photography.Rist will discuss her installation for the Wexner Center and other recent works with author and critic Lynne Tillman at 7:30 pm on Friday, March 25 during the exhibition opening event. This talk will be streamed live at wexarts.org/live.
The Spring Exhibitions Opening Celebration is Friday, March 25 (member preview 6–7 pm, general public 7–9 pm).
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Pipilotti Rist: The Tender Room, 2011 Audio-visual installation Installation view, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth, and Luhring Augustine, New York Photo: Kevin Fitzsimons |
Pipilotti Rist: The Tender Room, 2011 Audio-visual installation Installation view, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth, and Luhring Augustine, New York Photo: Kevin Fitzsimons |
VISITOR INFO
Pipilotti Rist: The Tender Room will be on view March 26–July 31, 2011 at the Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St. (at 15th Ave.) on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus. Gallery hours are Tuesday–Wednesday and Sunday 11 am–6 pm; Thursday–Saturday 11 am–8 pm; closed Mondays. Walk-In Tours are held most Thursdays at 5 pm and Saturdays at 1 pm (check wexarts.org for exceptions). Admission is $5; free for Wexner Center members, college students, and visitors 18 and under; free Thursdays from 4 to 8 pm and the first Sunday of the month.
Other exhibitions on view during this time: Human Behavior: Nathalie Djurberg with Music by Hans Berg and Double Sexus: Hans Bellmer and Louise Bourgeois. On view in the lower lobby February 4–April 17, 2011: Three works from Candice Breitz's two-channel video series Factum (2009). On view in the lower lobby April 20–August 15, 2011: Rineke Dijkstra's video Annemiek (1997). On view outside through May 30: Erwin Redl's FETCH. Also on view: video works in The Box, changing monthly. More info on bus routes, parking, and other visitor information: wexarts.org/info/visit or 614- 292-3535.
Other exhibitions on view during this time: Human Behavior: Nathalie Djurberg with Music by Hans Berg and Double Sexus: Hans Bellmer and Louise Bourgeois. On view in the lower lobby February 4–April 17, 2011: Three works from Candice Breitz's two-channel video series Factum (2009). On view in the lower lobby April 20–August 15, 2011: Rineke Dijkstra's video Annemiek (1997). On view outside through May 30: Erwin Redl's FETCH. Also on view: video works in The Box, changing monthly. More info on bus routes, parking, and other visitor information: wexarts.org/info/visit or 614- 292-3535.
Contact us
Karen Simonian
Director of Media and Public Relations
(614) 292-9923
ksimonian@wexarts.org
Tim Fulton
Media Coordinator
(614) 688-3261
tfulton@wexarts.org
Director of Media and Public Relations
(614) 292-9923
ksimonian@wexarts.org
Tim Fulton
Media Coordinator
(614) 688-3261
tfulton@wexarts.org
EXHIBITION ORGANIZATION AND SUPPORT
Pipilotti Rist: The Tender Room was organized by the Wexner Center.
