Paul McCarthy (b. 1945, Salt Lake City, Utah)
Tomato Head (Burgundy), 1994
Fiberglass, urethane plastic, rubber, metal, and clothing
213.3 x 139.7 x 111.7 cm
D.Daskalopoulos Collection
Installation view: Tomato Heads, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California, May 3–28, 1994
Artwork © Paul McCarthy
Photo: © Douglas M. Parker Studio, courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth, London and Zurich
The Luminous Interval: D.Daskalopoulos Collection Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents the contemporary art collection of Dimitris Daskalopoulos, featuring 60 works by artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy or Annette Messager.
April 12 – September 11, 2011
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Source: Guggenheim Bilbao / theartwolf.com
In the last decades, Athens-based collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos has amassed an impressive collection of Contemporary Art, composed of more than 400 works by 170 artists, giving particular prominence to large-scale installation and sculptural works as well as to film and video. From April 12 to September 11, 2011, 60 works from his collection, including works by Louise Bourgeois and Mike Kelley, will be exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
The title of the exhibition -“The Luminous Interval”- is derived from the writings of the Greek philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957), who, according to the press note of the exhibition, “envisioned life as a ‘luminous interval’ during which struggle and disintegration are necessary prerequisites to creative production and renewal”. Kazantzakis’ works were particularly influential for the collecting practices of Daskalopoulos.
The most spectacular pieces in the exhibition are the room-size installation, including “Cavemanman (2002)”, a tape-and-cardboard catacomb by Thomas Hirschhorn; and a group of medicine cabinets by Damien Hirst.
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