Exhibition/event has ended.
Pipilotti Rist: Your Eye Is My Island
Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito
Finished
SHARE
Artists
Pipilotti Rist
*Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito is temporarily closed until September 19.
*The exhibition period has been shortened. (Originally 2021/8/7–10/17).
Pipilotti Rist (b. 1962, Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland) is a Swiss visual artist who explores experimental video expression since the 1980s. Based in Switzerland, Rist has been invited to present her work at museums and biennales around the world.
Rist’s video installations, which feature humorous snatches of images depicting a realm of vivid color, sensorially stimulating music and comforting spatial design, have attracted audiences of all ages from all over the world. This exhibition consists of about 40 works dealing with themes such as the body, gender, nature, and ecology. Functioning as a complete overview of Rist’s approximately 30-year career, the retrospective encompasses everything from the artist’s early short videos focusing on the female body and identity; the recent large-scale installations, which gently extols a symbiosis between nature and humans on a panoramic screen; living rooms like installation where videos coinhabit in miscellaneous goods and furniture; and the recirculating everyday objects into artworks that have been consistent in Rist’s practice since the 1980s.
This exhibition will provide an opportunity for viewers to gradually unravel the serious themes of contemporary society together with their own bodies through works that invite viewers to have a playful visual experience, through their own actions such as lying down on a bed or cushions and relaxing or sitting around a dinner table.
*The exhibition period has been shortened. (Originally 2021/8/7–10/17).
Pipilotti Rist (b. 1962, Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland) is a Swiss visual artist who explores experimental video expression since the 1980s. Based in Switzerland, Rist has been invited to present her work at museums and biennales around the world.
Rist’s video installations, which feature humorous snatches of images depicting a realm of vivid color, sensorially stimulating music and comforting spatial design, have attracted audiences of all ages from all over the world. This exhibition consists of about 40 works dealing with themes such as the body, gender, nature, and ecology. Functioning as a complete overview of Rist’s approximately 30-year career, the retrospective encompasses everything from the artist’s early short videos focusing on the female body and identity; the recent large-scale installations, which gently extols a symbiosis between nature and humans on a panoramic screen; living rooms like installation where videos coinhabit in miscellaneous goods and furniture; and the recirculating everyday objects into artworks that have been consistent in Rist’s practice since the 1980s.
This exhibition will provide an opportunity for viewers to gradually unravel the serious themes of contemporary society together with their own bodies through works that invite viewers to have a playful visual experience, through their own actions such as lying down on a bed or cushions and relaxing or sitting around a dinner table.
Schedule | Sep 20 (Mon) 2021-Oct 17 (Sun) 2021 Opening Hours Information
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fee | Adults ¥900; High School Students and Under, Seniors 70 & Over, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free. | ||||||
| Website | https://www.arttowermito.or.jp/english/gallery/lineup/article_5142.html | ||||||
| Venue | Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito https://www.arttowermito.or.jp/english/ | ||||||
| Location | 1-6-8 Goken-cho, Mito-shi, Ibaraki 310-0063 | ||||||
| Access | 20 minute walk from the North exit of JR Mito Station; From the North exit of JR Mito Station, take the Ibaraki Kotsu bus and get off at Izumicho-itchome. The venue is 3 minute walk from there. | ||||||
| Phone | 029-227-8111 | ||||||
| Related images | Click on the image to enlarge it |
Back to Articles
SHARE
No comments yet