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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH, 2003
MEDIA CONTACT:
Kathy MacPherson
Outreach Coordinator
310.665.6909
galleryinfo@otis.edu
images available
DANIEL WHEELER: YOU ARE HERE
March 13 – April 24, 2004
Gallery tour with the artist Saturday, March 13, 3 pm
Reception for artist, Saturday, March 13, 4 – 6 pm
Public performances Saturday, April 3 and 17, 7 pm
LOS ANGELES, CA —The Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art + Design is pleased to present You are here, an ambitious, large-scale, experiential installation created by Los Angeles artist Daniel Wheeler. Viewers encounter limited vantage points and prescribed perspectives as they explore the 1930s yellow-tiled bathroom with sealed fixtures, travel through the amber-lit tunnel into an oversized yurt and climb the metal rib-cage ladder to look down upon a profound and wry interpretation of the human body. From a different direction, viewers see the body of the sculpture from the ground and can only view the activities on the inside of the body via live-feed monitors in a room reminiscent of an operating theater or security booth. This interactive work explores the complexities of existing in a physical body. Inside and outside, viewers never experience the installation in its entirety; it is the sum of its parts.
If the body is the first actor and “prime mover” in Wheeler’s art, the ultimate protagonist is the human imagination, which is the true locus of discovery, perception, and knowledge. –Howard Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Daniel Wheeler has been active in the Los Angeles art scene for the last twenty years and this is one of his most significant works. You are here addresses conflicting issues of privacy vs. security, mobility vs. immobility, and absurdity vs. profundity. He approaches these ying/yang topics both critically in terms of aesthetics and social/political concerns as well as in an intuitive, playful and adventurous process.
You are here questions the idea of self as defined by physical, psychological, or temporal boundaries. On the way in, it references modern and primitive architecture, theater, medical procedures and surveillance techniques. The viewer’s active participation can run the gamut from observer to observed, from spectator to performer, from physical presence to electronic image. —Daniel Wheeler
(cont.on back)
Object Description
| Exhibition | Daniel Wheeler: You Are Here |
| Artist(s) | Wheeler, Daniel |
| Title | Press release for "You Are Here" |
| Year | 2004 |
| Decade(s) | 2000s |
| Curator(s) | Linton, Meg |
| Description | For immediate release: March 2003. |
| Gallery | Ben Maltz Gallery |
| ImageID | Wheeler_Release |
| Collection | Ben Maltz Gallery Exhibition Archive |
Description
| Title | Page 1 |
| Full Text of PDF | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH, 2003 MEDIA CONTACT: Kathy MacPherson Outreach Coordinator 310.665.6909 galleryinfo@otis.edu images available DANIEL WHEELER: YOU ARE HERE March 13 – April 24, 2004 Gallery tour with the artist Saturday, March 13, 3 pm Reception for artist, Saturday, March 13, 4 – 6 pm Public performances Saturday, April 3 and 17, 7 pm LOS ANGELES, CA —The Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art + Design is pleased to present You are here, an ambitious, large-scale, experiential installation created by Los Angeles artist Daniel Wheeler. Viewers encounter limited vantage points and prescribed perspectives as they explore the 1930s yellow-tiled bathroom with sealed fixtures, travel through the amber-lit tunnel into an oversized yurt and climb the metal rib-cage ladder to look down upon a profound and wry interpretation of the human body. From a different direction, viewers see the body of the sculpture from the ground and can only view the activities on the inside of the body via live-feed monitors in a room reminiscent of an operating theater or security booth. This interactive work explores the complexities of existing in a physical body. Inside and outside, viewers never experience the installation in its entirety; it is the sum of its parts. If the body is the first actor and “prime mover” in Wheeler’s art, the ultimate protagonist is the human imagination, which is the true locus of discovery, perception, and knowledge. –Howard Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Daniel Wheeler has been active in the Los Angeles art scene for the last twenty years and this is one of his most significant works. You are here addresses conflicting issues of privacy vs. security, mobility vs. immobility, and absurdity vs. profundity. He approaches these ying/yang topics both critically in terms of aesthetics and social/political concerns as well as in an intuitive, playful and adventurous process. You are here questions the idea of self as defined by physical, psychological, or temporal boundaries. On the way in, it references modern and primitive architecture, theater, medical procedures and surveillance techniques. The viewer’s active participation can run the gamut from observer to observed, from spectator to performer, from physical presence to electronic image. —Daniel Wheeler (cont.on back) |
