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New: Black Box: Semiconductor
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Upcoming: August 25, 2008 - December 14, 2008 Rotating Exhibition
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The Black Box Theater showcases rotating exhibitions of contemporary artists who use film or video as their creative medium. Films or videos run continuously. August 25, 2008-December 14, 2008: UK-based artists Ruth Jarman and Joseph Gerhardt, aka Semiconductor, have collaborated since 1997 on various forms of "digital noise and computer anarchy," including films, experimental DVDs and multi-media performances. Among the film shorts featured is Magnetic Movie (2007), an eye-dazzling "documentary" created during the artists' residency at the NASA Space Sciences Laboratories, UC Berkeley.
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April 28, 2008 - August 17, 2008
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The Black Box Theater showcases rotating exhibitions of contemporary artists who use film or video as their creative medium. Films or videos run continuously. April 28-August 17, 2008:
Film by Kimsooja
• A Laundry Woman, Yamuna River, Delhi (2000)
In this film, the artist acts as a visual and spiritual mediator through which viewers are invited to contemplate the flow of the river -- a metaphor for life. The work evolved from the series A Needle Woman (1999-2000) in which the artist appeared as "every woman," with her back to the camera, venturing onto city streets around the world or reclining on a rock perch, lying still while clouds passed overhead.
Kimsooja explores the properties of fabric through video, sculpture, and installations. Her work often conflates Eastern and Western traditions and investigates the common ground between intimate, personal realms and those of universal, global dimensions.
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New: Currents: Recent Acquisitions
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October 18, 2007 - November 16, 2008 (new closing date)
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On view in the Hirshhorn's lower-level galleries this fall are a number of important recent acquisitions, including a selection of works acquired through the Contemporary Acquisitions Council (CAC), a membership group that brings works by emerging artists into the museum's collection. During its inaugural year, the group helped the museum acquire 22 new works in a range of media by artists from D.C., London, Dublin, New York City, Toronto, Mexico City, and elsewhere. Also on view are other recent additions to the collection, such as Lee Friedlander's The Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden (1978), a suite of 52 gelatin silver prints taken of the building and garden soon after the museum opened. The selection of acquisitions for this exhibition reflects the great diversity of works being acquired by the Hirshhorn, ranging from conceptual photography to sculpture.
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Last update: August 4, 2008, 13:38
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