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A Retrospective View of the Pathway – by Roger Hiorns
June 21, 2017 to September 17, 2017.
Location: Navy Pier / Polk Bros Park.
Presented by EXPO Chicago / IN/SITU Outside, in collaboration with Navy pier, Chicago.
IN/SITU Outside is a citywide initiative that provides the opportunity for EXPO CHICAGO exhibitors
to present temporary public art installations situated along the lakefront and throughout Chicago neighborhoods.
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Retrospective View- by Roger Hiorns
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Hiorns’ interactive art piece is comprised of large-scale stainless-steel tanks, a compressor and foam. Every day at noon and 4 p.m., the sculpture produces giant foam clusters, which will be shaped by the wind and spread across the landscape. In this way, the artist engages with the surroundings, and blurs the lines between where the city begins and the art ends. The public is welcome to engage with the interactive installation, with the foam becoming the connective tissue between the individual and the artwork.
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Retrospective View- by Roger Hiorns
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About Roger Hiorns:
Born in 1975 in Birmingham, England, Hiorns lives and works in London. He has been featured in a number of exhibitions at institutions throughout Europe and the Americas, including the 55th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy; MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY; Tate Modern, London, England; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; and De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands. Hiorns’ work is included in such institutional collections as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; the Art Institute of Chicago, IL; and Tate Modern, London, England. A similar version of “A retrospective view of the pathway” is in the permanent collection of The Contemporary Austin, Texas. In 2009, Hiorns was nominated for the Turner Prize for his critically acclaimed work, “Seizure,” a massive crystallization within the interior of a bedsit in a condemned South London council estate. In 2011, “Seizure” was acquired by the Arts Council Collection and is currently on a ten-year loan for exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Yorkshire, England. Hiorns has recently had solo exhibitions at Centre PasquArt, Biel, Switzerland; Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic; and Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England. He is currently represented by Luhring Augustine, New York.
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