PriV%te

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PriV%te

Hong Kong

1월 14일–2016년 3월 5일

Detail of Sculpture & Video Panel by Tony Oursler

12 Pedder Street

Central, Hong Kong

Lehmann Maupin is pleased to present PriV%te, a solo exhibition of new sculptural multimedia works by New York-based artist Tony Oursler. It is the artist’s sixth solo show with the gallery. The exhibition features a mix of colorfully animated head-shaped panels inset with video screens. Inspired by the phenomenon of facial recognition, these wall-mounted works visualize a composite of digitized facial features and the algorithms designed and aggregated from them. These works maintain Oursler’s longstanding interest in the role technology plays in human behavior, as digital media continues to permeate every aspect of daily life. The artist will be present for an opening reception on Thursday, January 14th, from 6-8PM.

In this new body of work, the artist focuses on the proliferation of big data and surveillance programs, but is particularly interested in the ramifications of facial recognition technology. This increasingly ubiquitous tool is used across public, private, and government sectors tracks and identifies facial features, thereby allowing computers, for the first time, to achieve their own “vision” of us. These “data portraits” underscore Oursler’s uneasy relationship with technology, surveillance, and all manners of data tracking. The artworks seem to gaze at the viewer, evoking the larger cultural question of who is watching whom.

Installation view of Tony Oursler at Lehmann Maupin Hong Kong

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Xes, 2015

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Cy3, 2015

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urO, 2015

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9_z, 2015

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eXc, 2015

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Tony Oursler (b. 1957, New York, NY; lives and works in New York, NY) is best known for his innovative integration of video, sculpture, performance and installation. A pioneering figure in new media since the 1970s, Oursler has since explored diverse methods of exploring popular culture, historical and sub-cultural themes while incorporating the moving image into his practice, breaking video art out of the two-dimensional screen to create immersive environments with the use of light sound and projections. In 2000, Oursler began a series of large scale outdoor projection projects which incorporate landscape, water, smoke, trees, architecture, performative and sculptural elements; some are permanently installed. His sculptures, wall works and installations present a rich visual multimedia experience which often incorporates cultural references and information that seeks to actively engage the viewer. His artworks often employ poetics and humor to explore a wide range of subjects such as belief systems, facial recognition, superstition, conspiracy theories, UFOs and the role technology plays in altering, inhibiting, and expanding social behavior.

Oursler received a B.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts in 1979. Solo exhibitions of his work have been organized at Kunst Museum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland (forthcoming, 2025); Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL (2024); SCAI PIRAMIDE, Tokyo, Japan (2024); Photo Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland (2022); K11 Musea, Hong Kong (2021); Kunstraum Dornbirn, Dornbirn, Austria (2021); Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (2021); Musée d’Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France (2020); Nanging Eye Pedestrian Bridge, Nanjing, China (2019); Public Art Fund, New York, NY (2018); The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (2016); LUMA Foundation, Arles, France (2015); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2014); Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom (2013); Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil (2013); Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine (2013); Art Sonje Center, Seoul, South Korea (2012); ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark (2012); and Jeu de Paume, Paris, France, traveling to the DA2 Domus Artium, Salamanca, Spain, and the Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark (2005), among numerous others.

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