Sadie Benning
22 Apr - 31 May 2009
© Sadie Benning
drawing for Play Pause, 2001-06
Gouache on paper
dimensions variable
installation: two-channel video projection with sound, black-and-white and color; 29 1/2 min
Collection of the artist
drawing for Play Pause, 2001-06
Gouache on paper
dimensions variable
installation: two-channel video projection with sound, black-and-white and color; 29 1/2 min
Collection of the artist
SADIE BENNING
"Play Pause"
Opens April 22, 2009
Artist Sadie Benning is known for her experimental video narratives, which she started making in the late 1980s. First shown here in the Whitney's 1993 Biennial, and again in the 2000 Biennial, Benning now presents her latest video installation Play Pause (2006) as part of the Whitney's Contemporary Series. The two-channel video departs from Benning’s earlier work, cutting together hundreds of the artist’s gouache drawings of urban landscapes, figures, and abstractions. With its fragmented split-screen perspective, durational takes of still drawings, and occasional use of color filters, Play Pause speaks to the heightening of perception that accompanies periods of loss. This is Benning’s first solo museum exhibition in New York. Curator: Tina Kukielski
"Play Pause"
Opens April 22, 2009
Artist Sadie Benning is known for her experimental video narratives, which she started making in the late 1980s. First shown here in the Whitney's 1993 Biennial, and again in the 2000 Biennial, Benning now presents her latest video installation Play Pause (2006) as part of the Whitney's Contemporary Series. The two-channel video departs from Benning’s earlier work, cutting together hundreds of the artist’s gouache drawings of urban landscapes, figures, and abstractions. With its fragmented split-screen perspective, durational takes of still drawings, and occasional use of color filters, Play Pause speaks to the heightening of perception that accompanies periods of loss. This is Benning’s first solo museum exhibition in New York. Curator: Tina Kukielski