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April 28, 2008 - August 17, 2008 (new closing date) Rotating Exhibit
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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: The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image: Part I - Dreams
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February 14, 2008 - May 11, 2008
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In this unprecedented 2-part exhibition The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image, the Hirshhorn takes an in-depth look at moving-image art works by a range of influential and emerging international artists who use film language to explore the ever-increasing impact of the cinematic on our perceptions on what is real and what is illusion. In Part I - Dreams, artists employ the technology and techniques of cinema to recall the dream-like state induced by film viewing. For these artists, this is a state that transports viewers from their daily lives to a place where the definition and awareness of reality is called into question. Like the thrilling journey visitors might take in an amusement park's dark ride where they willingly suspend their disbelief or the transporting effect of stepping through a red curtain into another world, the cinema has always had the ability to affect people in powerful ways.
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New: Currents: Recent Acquisitions
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October 18, 2007 - October 1, 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: May 7, 2008, 10:58
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