Sam Pulitzer
Whim or Sentiment or Chance
19 Oct 2018 - 14 Apr 2019
Installation view:
Sam Pulitzer: Acrylic Display Corridor, Animal Spirits, 2017
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Thomas Bruns und Courtesy of the artist and Lars Friedrich, Berlin
Sam Pulitzer: Acrylic Display Corridor, Animal Spirits, 2017
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Thomas Bruns und Courtesy of the artist and Lars Friedrich, Berlin
Installation view:
Mona Hatoum: Puzzled, 2009
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, National-galerie / Thomas Bruns und Mona Hatoum
Sam Pulitzer: Acrylic Display Corridor, Animal Spirits, 2017
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Thomas Bruns und Courtesy of the artist and Lars Friedrich, Berlin
Mona Hatoum: Puzzled, 2009
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, National-galerie / Thomas Bruns und Mona Hatoum
Sam Pulitzer: Acrylic Display Corridor, Animal Spirits, 2017
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Thomas Bruns und Courtesy of the artist and Lars Friedrich, Berlin
Installation view:
Roman Signer: Ventilatoren, 1998
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Thomas Bruns und Roman Signer
Roman Signer: Ventilatoren, 1998
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Thomas Bruns und Roman Signer
Installation view © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Thomas Bruns
Installation view © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Thomas Bruns
SAM PULITZER
Whim or Sentiment or Chance
19 October 2018 - 14 April 2019
Sam Pulitzer’s first institutional exhibition in Germany centers on a narrow corridor made of aluminum and transparent acrylic glass. It lures and constrains us, and as a spatial element it keeps us at a distance. The seven drawings inside the corridor reveal the artist’s – whose practice continues to be critical of institutions – affinity for linguistic games, hidden references, logos, and pop culture. The installation is juxtaposed with other groups of works by Pulitzer and works from the collection of the Nationalgalerie by Daniel Buren, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Mona Hatoum, Jenny Holzer, Jonathan Horowitz, Gülsün Karamustafa, Bruce Nauman, Raymond Pettibon, Gregor Schneider, and Roman Signer.
The title of the installation and the exhibition refers to Keynesian theory, according to which decisions are not based on rational calculations but on animal instincts (‘animal spirits’) and ‘whim or sentiment or chance’.
Sam Pulitzer (*1984 Fremont, NH, USA) is the winner of the Baloise Art Prize 2017. The Baloise Group has been committed in the field of the visual arts for several decades. The main focus of activities is the Baloise Art Prize, which is awarded annually to two young artists. The prizes, each worth CHF 30,000, are awarded at Art Basel in the Statements sector by an international jury.
Curator: Ina Dinter
The exhibition is made possible by the Baloise Group.
Whim or Sentiment or Chance
19 October 2018 - 14 April 2019
Sam Pulitzer’s first institutional exhibition in Germany centers on a narrow corridor made of aluminum and transparent acrylic glass. It lures and constrains us, and as a spatial element it keeps us at a distance. The seven drawings inside the corridor reveal the artist’s – whose practice continues to be critical of institutions – affinity for linguistic games, hidden references, logos, and pop culture. The installation is juxtaposed with other groups of works by Pulitzer and works from the collection of the Nationalgalerie by Daniel Buren, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Mona Hatoum, Jenny Holzer, Jonathan Horowitz, Gülsün Karamustafa, Bruce Nauman, Raymond Pettibon, Gregor Schneider, and Roman Signer.
The title of the installation and the exhibition refers to Keynesian theory, according to which decisions are not based on rational calculations but on animal instincts (‘animal spirits’) and ‘whim or sentiment or chance’.
Sam Pulitzer (*1984 Fremont, NH, USA) is the winner of the Baloise Art Prize 2017. The Baloise Group has been committed in the field of the visual arts for several decades. The main focus of activities is the Baloise Art Prize, which is awarded annually to two young artists. The prizes, each worth CHF 30,000, are awarded at Art Basel in the Statements sector by an international jury.
Curator: Ina Dinter
The exhibition is made possible by the Baloise Group.