Rirkrit Tiravanija
Rirkrit Tiravanija ( Thai : ฤกษ์ ฤทธิ์ ตีระ ว นิ ช , pronunciation: [ rɯk-rit tira-wanit ]; * 1961 in Buenos Aires ) is an action or performance artist .
Life
Rirkrit Tiravanija grew up in Thailand, studied in New York , Chicago and in Banff and Toronto , Canada . He lives and works in Bangkok , Berlin and New York .
Rirkrit Tiravanija became known in the 1990s through actions in which he prepared Thai meals in a “mobile home” and served them to art audiences in galleries and museums. He tries to come into direct contact with visitors through temporary architecture and the use of everyday objects. One example is his Peugeot exhibited at Neugerriemschneider in Berlin in 2010 with the title Untitled 2010 (All the Days on the Autobahn) .
Rirkrit Tiravanja founded a municipality in Thailand that works on agriculture and is ecologically oriented.
Works
For the 2006/2007 season in the Vienna State Opera , he designed the large picture “Fear Eats Soul” as part of the “Iron Curtain” series of exhibitions conceived by museum in progress .
Awards (selection)
- 2004 Hugo Boss Prize
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1994 Galerie Schipper & Krome, Cologne (fear eats the soul)
- 2001 Yokohama Triennial
- 2001 Portikus , Frankfurt am Main, Untitled
- 2003 Gallery for Contemporary Art Leipzig
- 2003 Biennale di Venezia , Venice
- 2004/2005 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen , Rotterdam
- 2005 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York
- 2010 Kunsthalle Bielefeld : Just Smile and Don't Talk
Public collections
Individual evidence
- ↑ FAZ of October 9, 2010, page 35: Established and a bit hypothermic.
Web links
- Literature by and about Rirkrit Tiravanija in the catalog of the German National Library
- Page about Rirkrit Tiravanija at culturebase.net with references to his work (in English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rirkrit Tiravanija |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Thai artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |