rirkrit tiravanija at the drawing centre, new york

‘untitled (demonstration no. 145)’ by rirkrit tiravanija, 2007

rirkrit tiravanija: demonstration drawings at: the drawing centre, new york from: september 12 – november 6, 2008

the drawing centre presents ‘rirkrit tiravanija: demonstration drawings’, an exhibition of over

200 works on paper. it will be the first time that a U.S. museum will be displaying the thailand-based artist’s ongoing series of commissioned drawings which have been derived from photographs of demonstrations published in the international herald tribune.

public protests and mass demonstrations have typically been linked to the 1960s, however, tiravanija’s project brings light to today’s political situation. for ‘demonstration drawings’, tiravanija has commissioned thai artists, many of whom are former students, to create photorealistic pencil drawings which depict diverse responses to power, oppression and global capital. the work translates the photojournalist’s depictions of acts of political spontaneity into a medium which is often characterized by immediacy, turning ephemeral images of struggles and social conflict into documents of political aspiration.

‘untitled (demonstration no. 16)’ by rirkrit tiravanija, 2007

‘untitled (demonstration no. 191)’ by rirkrit tiravanija, 2007

‘untitled (demonstration no. 238)’ by rirkrit tiravanija, 2006

‘untitled (demonstration no. 138)’ by rirkrit tiravanija, 2006

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