Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, born in 1965 in Strasbourg, is a French artist working with video and installations. Gonzalez-Foerster lives and works in Paris and Rio de Janeiro.^[1] She won the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2002.^[2]

Exhibitions

Gonzalez-Foerster's work was first exhibited in Britain in the 1992 group exhibition Exhibit "A", which took place at the Serpentine Gallery, London. In 1994, she was included in the group exhibition The Winter of Love at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and at Traffic made in March 1996 at the CAPC by Nicolas Bourriaud. In 2006, her work was included in the São Paulo Art Biennial.

In 2008, she produced an installation for the Tate Modern turbine hall called TH.2058—the title an acronym for "Turbine Hall [in the year] 2058," i.e., fifty years in the future.^[3] On 14 April 2011, Gonzalez-Foerster crated a large scale performance at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, entitled, "2011.T.1912", 2011.^[4]

Works

• Central park 2006 (Video)
• Atomic Park 2003/2004 (Video)
• Central 2001 (Video)
• Ipanema Theories 1999 (Video)
• Beaches 2001 (Video)
• Riyo 1991 (Video)
• Ann Lee in Anzen Zone (Video) in collaboration with Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno
• Double Playing Field (installation)
• Promenade 2007 (sound installation) at Inhotim, Brazil
• TH.2058 2008 (installation including video)
• Expodrome 2008 (Light sculpture for NEONS, a public art project in Geneva)
• Desert Park 2010 (installation) at Inhotim, Brazil

Prizes

• Marcel Duchamp Prize (2002)

References

1. ^ Independent: New Tate Turbine Hall artist announced
2. ^ Telegraph: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster's grand design
3. ^ Tate Modern Exhibitions
4. ^ Guggenheim Museum Public Programs

External Links

Information about Dominique Gonzalez Foerster at 303 Gallery

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