Matt Mullican: More Details from an Imaginary Universe.MUSEU DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEA DE SERRALVES Most of us don't spend a lot of time thinking about information. We're just happy it's around when we need it. Matt Mullican has long taken as his subject matter the nature of this stuff--how it is categorized cat·e·go·rize tr.v. cat·e·go·rized, cat·e·go·riz·ing, cat·e·go·riz·es To put into a category or categories; classify. cat and represented, the ways in which its organization and manipulation structure our perception of the world. Michael Tarantino curates this multimedia retrospective of eighty works, including the recent installations and videos based on the artist being under hypnosis hypnosis State that resembles sleep but is induced by a person (the hypnotist) whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject. The hypnotized individual seems to respond in an uncritical, automatic fashion, ignoring aspects of the environment (e.g. . July 20--Oct. 1; Antoni Tapies Foundation, Barcelona, Oct. 22, 2000-Jan. 7, 2001, and Museum of Modem Art, Oxford, Oct. 27, 2000 Jan. 7, 2001; Kunsthalle St. Gallen St. Gallen (Sankt Gallen , Switzerland, Jan.-Apr. 2001; Museum Haus Esters esters (esˑ·terz), n.pl organic compounds synthesized from acids and alcohols, typically possessing fruity aromas. , Krefeld, Germany, May-July 2001. |
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