Micol Assaël
31 Jan - 04 May 2014
© Micol Assaël
Nyidalur, 2000
Permanent installation, S. Casciano dei Bagni (SI), Italy. Exhibited at Offered Spaces / Spazi Offerti, S. Casciano dei Bagni (SI), Italy,2000. Photo: Pietro Scordo. Courtesy the artist and ZERO..., Milan
Nyidalur, 2000
Permanent installation, S. Casciano dei Bagni (SI), Italy. Exhibited at Offered Spaces / Spazi Offerti, S. Casciano dei Bagni (SI), Italy,2000. Photo: Pietro Scordo. Courtesy the artist and ZERO..., Milan
MICOL ASSAËL
ILIOKATAKINIOMUMASTILOPSARODIMAKOPIOTITA
31 January - 4 May 2014
Curated by Andrea Lissoni
The exhibition
The exhibition includes some of the artist's most important installations and two new works, which will completely take up the over 1800 m2 of the Shed. Micol Assaël was born in Italy but has almost always lived abroad. She soon made a name for herself as one the most original voices in European art and has exhibited at the most important biennales and in many museums, including the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and the Kunsthalle in Basel. The project at HangarBicocca is an artistic journey that will involve viewers both physically and mentally, creating a radical interaction between the works and the exhibition space.
Micol Assaël (1979) currently lives in Greece. Physical phenomena, magnetism, electrical engineering and their interaction with the human body are key elements in her artistic processes. Sensorial perception – especially that of the viewer – is indeed a fundamental component of her art. Her installations, as radical as they are poetic, physically and mentally influence the viewer, often placing him or her in a position of real or perceived danger. At HangarBicocca Micol Assaël is presenting four installations which are key to her artistic experimentation, together with two new works. Solo exhibitions of her work have been put on at the Kunsthalle, Basel (2007), the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2009), Wiener Secession, Vienna (2009), Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel (2009) and MUSEION, Bolzano (2010), and she has taken part in group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale (2003 and 2005), Manifesta (2004), the Moscow Biennale (2005), the Berlin Biennale (2006), the Biennale of Sydney, After Nature (New Museum, New York) (2008), and Chasing Napoleon (Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2009).
ILIOKATAKINIOMUMASTILOPSARODIMAKOPIOTITA
31 January - 4 May 2014
Curated by Andrea Lissoni
The exhibition
The exhibition includes some of the artist's most important installations and two new works, which will completely take up the over 1800 m2 of the Shed. Micol Assaël was born in Italy but has almost always lived abroad. She soon made a name for herself as one the most original voices in European art and has exhibited at the most important biennales and in many museums, including the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and the Kunsthalle in Basel. The project at HangarBicocca is an artistic journey that will involve viewers both physically and mentally, creating a radical interaction between the works and the exhibition space.
Micol Assaël (1979) currently lives in Greece. Physical phenomena, magnetism, electrical engineering and their interaction with the human body are key elements in her artistic processes. Sensorial perception – especially that of the viewer – is indeed a fundamental component of her art. Her installations, as radical as they are poetic, physically and mentally influence the viewer, often placing him or her in a position of real or perceived danger. At HangarBicocca Micol Assaël is presenting four installations which are key to her artistic experimentation, together with two new works. Solo exhibitions of her work have been put on at the Kunsthalle, Basel (2007), the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2009), Wiener Secession, Vienna (2009), Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel (2009) and MUSEION, Bolzano (2010), and she has taken part in group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale (2003 and 2005), Manifesta (2004), the Moscow Biennale (2005), the Berlin Biennale (2006), the Biennale of Sydney, After Nature (New Museum, New York) (2008), and Chasing Napoleon (Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2009).