Eine Veranstaltung von TransArts - Transdisziplinäre Kunst
Renowned as one of the most important artists of his generation, Tino Sehgal's critical acclaim derives from his
radical artistic practice that takes the form of "constructed situations": live encounters between visitors and those enacting
the work. Their ephemeral beauty rests in the fleeting specificity of the encounter, where players often engage the visitors
with their active participation in constructing the piece.
Sehgal’s abandoning of material production in favor of lived experience is nevertheless achieved with a sensitivity
to classical considerations of form, composition and space, grounded not only in the history of dance but also western traditions
of sculpture and painting.
In 2018 he co-curated week-long series of live
works entitled ‘A Prelude to the Shed’ which took place within a purpose built architectural setting by Kunlé Adeyemi. The
program included Sehgal’s own work alongside a broad range of artists including William Forsythe and Azealia Banks, which
heralded the opening of The Shed’s permanent home. His work has been the subject of several solo exhibitions, recently at
the Odawara Art Foundation, Japan (2019); Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin (2018); V-A-C Foundation, Moscow, Russia (2017);
Fondation Beyeler, Switzerland (2017); Jemaa el-Fna, Marrakesh; Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2016); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
(2015); Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (2015); Pinacoteca, Sao Paulo and CCBB, Rio de Janeiro (2014); Ullens Center for Contemporary
Art, Beijing (2013); Tate Modern, London (2012); and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2010) and Kunsthaus Bregenz (2006),
among others.
Tino Sehgal was born in 1976 in London, England. He currently
lives and works in Berlin.
