until Sunday July 28 2024
Pirelli HangarBicocca
via Chiese 2
20126 Milan
Italy
More info:
https://pirellihangarbicocca.org/
Pirelli HangarBicocca presents a retrospective of New York-based artist Nari Ward, an internationally acclaimed artist, known for his installations that combine familiar and humble materials into a layering of socio-historical references. With a particular focus on time-based media works, including video, sound, performative sculptures, and installations, the exhibition titled Ground Break delves into over thirty years of practice, presenting early seminal and historical works as well as new productions. The narrative unfolds through the seminal large-scale installations, originally realized by Ward between 1996 and 2000 for Ralph Lemon’s choreography Geography Trilogy, presented here in an exhibition setting for the first time since then. The three works will create a new choreography together with other sculptures, videos, installations, and the bodies of the visitors. The notion of performativity animates the exhibition itself, which will be marked by a program of live collaborative actions running throughout the show. The exhibition will be complemented by a monographic volume presenting the most recent studies on Nari Ward’s practice, exploring aspects of performativity, sound and time-based practices that have emerged from collaborative exchanges in the artist’s work.
