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Thomas Hirschhorn: Utopia, Utopia = One World, One War, One Army, One Dress
Wattis Institute exhibition
March 10–May 13
Logan Galleries, San Francisco campus
Opening reception: March 9, 7:30 - 9 p.m.
Symposium: March 10, 6 - 9 p.m., Timken Lecture Hall
Info: 415.551.9210
The conceptual leaping-off point for this new exhibition by Thomas Hirschhorn is the prevalence of "camouflage" in contemporary culture and politics—as a fashion insignia and as an emblem of battle in the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The militarization of the self that triggers Hirschhorn's investigation will be dramatized in Utopia's sprawling presentation, which will incorporate traditional display elements from museums of art, history, technology, fashion, and war. The artist has called this a "headless" exhibition—pure energy, no easy answers—and he is treating its abundant signage, illustrations, interpretive material, mannequins, vitrines, and artworks as actions for opening up knowledge rather than figures of conclusion. Co-organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
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