Sisterhood brotherhood

Thomas Hirschhorn

BornNationalityBased In
1957SwissParis
Biography

Over the years, Hirschhorn has created more than seventy works in public space, questioning the autonomy, the authorship and resistance of a work of art, and asserting the power of art to touch and transform the other. Through his experience of working in public space, Hirschhorn has developed his own guidelines of “Presence and Production” in being present and producing on location during the full course of his projects. Thomas Hirschhorn has dedicated works to philosophers, writers, artists he loves, in the form of large sculpture works such as altars, kiosks, monuments, maps and collages. ...

Selected Artworks
Sisterhood brotherhood
Thomas HirschhornSisterhood brotherhood, 2015117 x 108cm15000 EUR
Gallery Representation
Awards
Marcel Duchamp Prize2000
Biennals
Kochi-Muziris Biennale2019 - Kodungallūr
Venice Biennial2015 - Venice
Biennale de Montreal2014 - Montréal
Istanbul Biennial2013 - Istanbul
Shanghai Biennial2012 - Shanghai
Venice Biennial2011 - Venice
Gwangju Biennial2010 - Gwangju
Carnegie International2009 - Pittsburgh
Kochi-Muziris Biennale2008 - Kodungallūr
Documenta2003 - Kassel
Shanghai Biennial1990 - Shanghai