Tony Oursler
A preeminent pioneer of new media art since the 1970s, Tony Oursler has since pushed the boundaries of video art, sculpture, and performance with his innovative use of projections. Breaking away from the conventional two-dimensional screen, he creates dynamic three-dimensional environments, exploring his preoccupations with technology and its impact on humanity. In his immersive installations, Oursler fuses moving image and sound into disorienting spectacles. Projected onto inanimate objects or embedded into sculptures, these moving images often take as their subject the human face, fragmenting and distorting its physiognomy, thus rendering its expression illegible and uncanny. His video-sculptures investigate the ways in which rapidly advancing technology dictates human psyche and social behavior.
His recent major solo exhibitions include “Tony Oursler: Anomalous” Photo Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland (2022); “Tony Oursler: Black Box” Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (2021); “Hypnose” Musee d’arts de Nantes, Nantes, France (2020); “Imponderable” Museum of Modern Art, New York (2016); “M*r>0r” Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art, Stockholm, Sweden (2016) and so on.His recent group and prestigious international exhibitions are “Just Connect”Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA (2020); “Everything is Connected: Art and Conspiracy” Met Breuer, New York (2018); 13th Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France (2015); Documenta, Kassel, Germany (1992, 1987).