Saturday, December 17 03pm
SculptureCenter
44-19 Purves St., Long Island City, New York 11101
SculptureCenter is pleased to present Aki Sasamoto’s first solo exhibition in a U.S. museum. Working at the intersection of performance and sculpture, Sasamoto creates object scenarios out of narratives and actions. For her exhibition in SculptureCenter’s lower level galleries, Sasamoto has created a new body of work in relation to the site.
The dung beetle resourcefully rolls its home and food into one mobile unit, an activity that operates as a starting point for Sasamoto’s exhibition. Featuring new sculptural units that similarly roll through the space, once activated by Sasamoto these units become rotating sites that explore neuroses around cleanliness and filth. Rotation reappears in an installation of washing and drying machines modified and periodically used by the artist in her performances. The exhibition also includes a new video and other sculptures that touch on “base” elements and repression.
For more information visit: www.sculpture-center.org