Tai Kwun Contemporary surprises this summer by collaborating with internationally renowned media artist Pipilotti Rist, presenting her latest large-scale exhibition “Behind Your Eyelid – Pipilotti Rist”. It is a rare opportunity to invite this legendary contemporary artist, bringing together over 45 iconic works from her past 30 years, including early humorous and satirical single-channel videos, colorful large-scale video installations, and sculptures that combine video with everyday objects. This exhibition is truly a grand event showcasing the artist’s great achievements, and it is also the artist’s first major solo exhibition in Hong Kong!
展覽現場:英國布魯頓,豪瑟沃斯薩默塞特中心, 「Stay Stamina Stay(留下耐力)」展覽, 2014
Pipilotti Rist was born in Switzerland in 1962 and has been a leading figure in the international art scene since the mid-1980s. From her earliest video works to her recent large-scale immersive installations, her pieces have the power to captivate viewers. Her mesmerizing installations inspire introspection, while also sparking joy and excitement, prompting exploration of the relationship between the body and images, external environment, and internal mindset.
Artists are particularly concerned with the connection between the external and internal body, and are especially fascinated by the intermediaries or interfaces that connect the two, such as camera lenses, skin, eye membranes, etc. These interfaces, of course, help to establish a record, identify the indicative relationship between images and objects, while also blurring, distorting, and reshaping the relationship of mutual reference between the object and the image, thereby opening up a creative space for speculation, imagination, and play.
展覽現場:英國利物浦藝術與創意科技基金會,「重力與我爲友」展覽,2008
展覽現場:澳洲悉尼當代藝術博物館 「皮皮樂迪•里思特:啜飲我的海洋」展覽,2018
It is this critical state of contradiction that inspires the exhibition theme “Into Your Eyelids,” inviting viewers to enter the vast world of moving images, to experience the world with a fresh perspective, to explore a new vision of personal expression, body politics, life, and the vibrant colors of nature. Pipilotti’s fascinating installations, both soothing and humorous, not only captivate the audience but also encourage introspection, opening up possibilities for various shared experiences that are both illusory and real.
展覽現場:蘇黎世美術館,「皮皮樂迪·里思特:你的唾液是我苦海中的潛水衣」展覽,2016
This exhibition will not only showcase the artist’s iconic works, such as “Virtual Embrace,” but also feature many specially commissioned new works created for Tai Kwun, including large immersive video sculptures on the prison exercise yard, art spaces transformed from individual cells in D Hall, and works on the large walls of the parade ground.
During the exhibition period, there will also be a series of diverse public programs and educational activities, and Pipilotti herself will attend the “Tai Kwun Talk” event. Remember to seize this rare opportunity to visit the exhibition in person!
“In Your Eyes – Pipilotti Rist”
Dates: August 3, 2022 to November 27, 2022
Sunday to Thursday: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM (Closed on Mondays)
Friday to Saturday: 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM
On-site: HK$95 (Adult) | HK$75 (Concession)
Online: HK$88 (Adult) | HK$65 (Concession)
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