Maria Eichhorn (German, b. 1962), one of the most rigorous artists working today, lives and works in Berlin. She studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and has been teaching at the School of Art and Design in Zurich since 2003. Her most recent exhibitions include solo exhibitions at the Migros Museum of Contemporary Art, Zurich (2018), the Chisenhale Gallery, London (2016), the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver (2015) and the Kunsthaus Bregenz (2014). Eichhorn participated in documenta 14 in Athens and Kassel (2017), documenta 11 in Kassel (2002), the 45th and 56th Venice Biennales (1993, 2015) and the 4th and 9th Istanbul Biennials (1995, 2005).
2019, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver and Buchhandlung Walther Konig, Cologne
236 pages, colour, hardcover
$45 CAD
ISBN 978-3-96098-513-6
Exhibition catalogue from the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (September 11-December 13, 2015).
Texts by Nora Alter, Pamela M. Lee, Nina Power and Scott Watson; edited by Greg Gibson, Jana Tyner and Scott Watson.
Maria Eichhorn: Film Lexicon of Sexual Practices / Prohibited Imports focuses on two of Eichhorn’s open-ended projects, which both have the representation and regulation of sexual imagery as their theme. Prohibited Imports (2003/08 and 2015) now includes four books censored by Japanese customs and Film Lexicon of Sexual Practices (1999/2005/2008/2014/2015) currently consists of twenty films. Essays by Nora M. Alter, Pamela M. Lee, Nina Power and the exhibition’s curator, Scott Watson, engage the critical dimension of these compelling works. The catalogue is the final work of designer Knut Wiese and is itself a mirror of the works it represents. Maria Eichhorn, one of the most rigorous artists working today, lives and works in Berlin. Her most recent exhibitions include solo exhibitions at the Migros Museum of Contemporary Art, Zurich (2018), the Chisenhale Gallery, London (2016), the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver (2015) and the Kunsthaus Bregenz (2014). Eichhorn participated in documenta 14 in Athens and Kassel (2017), documenta 11 in Kassel (2002), the 45th and 56th Venice Biennales (1993, 2015) and the 4th and 9th Istanbul Biennials (1995, 2005).
Maria Eichhorn (German, b. 1962), one of the most rigorous artists working today, lives and works in Berlin. She studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and has been teaching at the School of Art and Design in Zurich since 2003. Her most recent exhibitions include solo exhibitions at the Migros Museum of Contemporary Art, Zurich (2018), the Chisenhale Gallery, London (2016), the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver (2015) and the Kunsthaus Bregenz (2014). Eichhorn participated in documenta 14 in Athens and Kassel (2017), documenta 11 in Kassel (2002), the 45th and 56th Venice Biennales (1993, 2015) and the 4th and 9th Istanbul Biennials (1995, 2005).
Once again, we are pleased to welcome the UBC Contemporary Players to the Belkin Art Gallery for a concert inspired by the exhibition Maria Eichhorn.
[more]Join leading UBC scholars, artists, curators and critics in a series of midday conversations. In this series, guests will address Maria Eichhorn, an exhibition of works by the German artist.
[more]Maria Eichhorn is a German artist based in Berlin who has been exhibiting since the late 1980s. Her works often enact a social situation and involve an analysis of institutions. In general, Eichhorn’s works offer an interrogation of how power is distributed and unveil the abstract aspect of economies. “The work of Maria Eichhorn is layered and complex, rich and textured, both literal and metaphysical and often highly poetic and allusive." This exhibition will be the first time Eichhorn’s work has been seen in Vancouver, and the Belkin is presenting two ongoing projects, Prohibited Imports (2003/08 and 2015) and Film Lexicon of Sexual Practices (1999/2005/2008/2014/2015), that are augmented on this occasion with newly commissioned works added to each series.
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