Rirkrit Tiravanija, born in 1961 in Buenos Aires, lives and works in New York.
"What counts is not what you see, but what happens".
A nomad from birth, in his work Tiravanija communicates his personal experience of constant cultural exchange. His capacity for cultural adaptation and his interest in interpersonal interaction, led him to create "spaces of relation". Allowing art to reveal itself in the moment of its creation, and prompting the audience to take part in the artistic process he has, since the beginning of the 1990s, produced work based on "relational aesthetics", the historical precedents of which are the 60s Fluxus and Happening movements.
In recent years the work of Rirkrit Tiravanija has been shown in prestigious exhibition contexts, including Manifesta, Rotterdam (1996); MOMA, New York (1996); Sculpture Projects, Munster (1997); Migros Museum, Zurich (1998); Sydney Biennial (1998); Centre Pompidou, Paris (1998); Museum Ludwig, Koln (1999); the XLVIII Venice Biennial (1999); Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Munchengladbach (2002); Secession, Wien (2002); Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Leipzig (2003); Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2004); Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris (2005); Whitney Biennial 2006, New York (2006); Sharjah Biennial 8, United Arab Emirates; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2007); Reykjavik Arts Festival, Reykjavik Art Museum; Migros Museum fur gegenwartskunst, Zurich (2008).
"What counts is not what you see, but what happens".
A nomad from birth, in his work Tiravanija communicates his personal experience of constant cultural exchange. His capacity for cultural adaptation and his interest in interpersonal interaction, led him to create "spaces of relation". Allowing art to reveal itself in the moment of its creation, and prompting the audience to take part in the artistic process he has, since the beginning of the 1990s, produced work based on "relational aesthetics", the historical precedents of which are the 60s Fluxus and Happening movements.
In recent years the work of Rirkrit Tiravanija has been shown in prestigious exhibition contexts, including Manifesta, Rotterdam (1996); MOMA, New York (1996); Sculpture Projects, Munster (1997); Migros Museum, Zurich (1998); Sydney Biennial (1998); Centre Pompidou, Paris (1998); Museum Ludwig, Koln (1999); the XLVIII Venice Biennial (1999); Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Munchengladbach (2002); Secession, Wien (2002); Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Leipzig (2003); Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2004); Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris (2005); Whitney Biennial 2006, New York (2006); Sharjah Biennial 8, United Arab Emirates; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2007); Reykjavik Arts Festival, Reykjavik Art Museum; Migros Museum fur gegenwartskunst, Zurich (2008).
