Art Shows > Jonathan Monk: And Darkness Fell
Jonathan Monk: And Darkness Fell / Dvir galleryטלפון - 03-6043003 07/01/2010 to - 13/02/2010 Dvir Gallery is happy to announce the solo exhibition of Jonathan Monk And Darkness Fell Thursday 7.1.10 Nahum 11, Tel-Aviv Monk:'' I have made a lot of short films and some shorter films And have wanted to make a long long film for a while A film that dealt with its own duration I thought about what could be filmed for a long time What could live and die within the process of making the film What could change but remain the same Something that is natural but not manipulated by nature Nothing and something at the same time A candle seemed to be the perfect vehicle for my idea It was the ideal match It gives light when there is no light It can be controlled It lasts for as long as it lasts And then dies And darkness falls ( )'' Monk, born 1969, lives and works in Berlin. His work includes a wide range of media including installations, photography, film, sculpture and performance. Monk questions the meaning of art using conceptualism in a way that Ken Johnson in the New York Times called ''sweet, wry and poetic''. Recent solo exhibitions: The Deflated Inflated, Lisson Gallery, London, England, 2009. Leon d'Oro, (with Douglas Gordon), Fondazione Morra Greco, Napoli, Itali, 2009. Time Between Space, Palais de Tokyo + Musee dArt Moderne, Paris, 2008. Apples and pears and Other Fruits of the Forest, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, 2007. Yesterday today tomorrow etc. Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, St Gallen and Kunsthalle Nurngerg, Nurnberg Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, 2006. Time/Explained/Lengthened/Suspended, Sprüth Magers Projekte, Munich, 2004. Recent group exhibitions: Compass in Hand, MOMA, New York, NY, 2009. Gallery III, Casey Kaplan, New York, NY, 2009. Traces du sacré, Haus der Kunst, München, 2008. Made In Germany, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, 2007. New Photography, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2006. The exhibition ends: 13.2.10 Opening hours: Tues-Thurs 11:00-18:00, Fri-Sat 10:00-13:00 location - Dvir gallery Time - 07/01/2010 to - 13/02/2010 |
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