The likes of Marcel Duchamp will never be seen again, according to Thomas Hirschhorn, the third artist at this exhibition to have been asked four questions about how he has been influenced by Duchamp and the collectors. How did Hirschhorn, who is exhibiting the striking "Spinoza-Car," respond?
Photo: Jennifer Westjohn
■Profile
Born in 1957 in Bern, Switzerland. Lives and works in Paris.
Recent major exhibitions include "Documenta XI" Kassel, Germany in 2002, "Utopia, Utopia = one Word, one War, One Army, One Dress" (solo exhibition), Institute of Contemporary Art,Boston (IAC9,MA, USA in 2005, and "The Eye" (solo exhibition), Secession, Vienna in 2008.
Right now, he also has show new works as the representative artist of Switzerland at the 54th Venice Biennale.
A: Bright -lighting star.
A: It helped my work.
A: They helped me.
A: There is nevermore anyone such as Marcel Duchamp.
■His typical work in "French Window" exhibition
《Spinoza-Car》
2009
Collection of the Artist
Courtesy: ARNDT, Berlin
Photo: Watanabe Osamu
Photo Courtesy: Mori Art Museum
©ADAGP, Paris & SPDA, Tokyo, 2011
■Relevant information
・The Answer from the artist participating in "French Window" exhibition.
- File01. Mathieu Mercier
- File02. Pierre Ardouvin
- File03. Thomas Hirschhorn
- File04. Camille Henrot
- File05. Claude Closky
- File06. Valerie Belin
- File07. Philippe Mayaux
・"French Window: Looking at Contemporary Art through the Marcel Duchamp Prize"
・Mori Art Museum on Flickr
Images of "French Window: Looking at Contemporary Art through the Marcel Duchamp Prize"-1
Images of "French Window: Looking at Contemporary Art through the Marcel Duchamp Prize"-2
