EXHIBITION

Corin Hewitt: The Hedge

Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, North Dakota, Cleveland, 01/18/2013 - 04/14/2013

8501 Carnegie Avenue 2nd Floor

ABOUT

Corin Hewitt’s performative installations use exhibition spaces as sites for production. Integrating process and display strategies, Hewitt offers viewers the simultaneous encounter of an artwork and the action that brought it to be. For his exhibition at MOCA Cleveland, Hewitt has designed a compressed space inside the gallery walls, allowing him to work in close proximity to viewers while remaining unseen. The Hedge is composed of an array of elements that will shift over the course of the exhibition: sculptures nestled between exposed studs; backdrops or "grounds" made with photographs of Hewitt’s studio; and vibrantly painted domestic objects integrated into both. Figurative and personal, these elements coalesce in the shallow depth of the walls, accumulating dense layers of images and materials in transformation. 

Emphasizing the live and interdisciplinary nature of Hewitt’s practice, MOCA Cleveland will host a series of exhibition-related events. At the exhibition’s opening, Hewitt will be in public dialogue with Chief Curator David Norr. In February, renowned poets Anselm Berrigan, John Coletti, and Dana Ward will give readings that resonate with The Hedge. Hewitt’s video work House (2012) will debut in the Gund Commons, providing a deeper look at how the artist considers physical change through time-based media. In April, a round table will reflect on how The Hedge has unfolded. Speakers will include Hewitt, Norr, Assistant Curator Rose Bouthillier, and Tina Kukielski, Associate Curator of the 2013 Carnegie International. This event will include the launch and signing of the first comprehensive monograph on Hewitt’s work, produced by MOCA Cleveland and published by Mousse.

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APT ARTISTS ON VIEW

Corin Hewitt

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