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Brasilia Hall

by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

Artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (Frankrike, född 1965)

Date1998-2000

MediumNeon sign, carpet, video, color, no sound

DimensionsYttermått (MOM/2001/4:1): 48 × 332,5 × 26,5 cm Bildmått (MOM/2001/4 (Neon)): 27,5 × 304 × 3,5 cm 10:00 min

ClassificationInstallations, Moving Images

Credit LinePurchase 2001

Countries

Frankrike

Object NumberMOM/2001/4

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkWhite walls, a green carpet, the title of the piece in orange neon, and a video screen create an abstract playing board for the viewer. Brasilia Hall is a large artwork comprising few components. The film shows images of the architect Oscar Niemeyer's buildings in Brasília, the capital of Brazil, which was founded in 1956 in a desert landscape and which is dominated by modernist buildings. Everything was built in a new style with the purpose of avoiding historical baggage. Brasilia Hall reflects and comments on the monumental expression of international modernism. The pure, white surfaces are tinged by the colours and light of the tropical climate.
Selected exhibition history Udda veckor: love and devotion (2002-2003) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samtida film och video (den 5 februari 2002 - den 26 februari 2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Tänk om - Konst på gränsen till arkitektur och design (2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Tänk om : konst på gränsen till arkitektur och design : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 6 maj - 3 september 2000Moderna Museet c/o Klarabergsviadukten 61 : Udda veckor 2002 - 2003

Works by the artist