Rirkrit Tiravanija | Tomorrow is Another Fine Day

Rirkrit Tiravanija usually invites the visitor to take part in his work. For instance, he realizes platforms for discussions, areas for participation and creates situations that incite communication. At Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Tiravanija has realized a large project in order to reactivate a number of his older installations. With this exhibition the museum wants to reinforce the current art discourse, also within a ‘traditional’ art museum. Tiravanija is known to be an extremely hospitable artist, who very regularly cooks meals for the visitors at his exhibition. In the presentation for the Boijmans it becomes clear that this aspect of his art forms part of a larger artistic concept. photo by Bob Goedewaagen Tiravanija was born in 1961 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and works from New York, Berlin and Bangkok. His installations explore the social role of the artist. Rirkrit Tiravanija is associate professor of professional practice in the School of the Arts' Visual Arts Division, has won the Guggenheim Foundation's 2004 Hugo Boss Prize. The Guggenheim Foundation offers the award, one of the premier juried prizes of the contemporary art world, on a biennial basis. Tiravanija will receive a $50,000 grant, and the Guggenheim Museum will exhibit his work in early 2005. His recent solo exhibitions include: The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1997); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1999); Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan (2000); Portikus, Frankfurt (2001); Secession, Vienna (2002); Galerie fur Zeitgenossiche Kunst, Leipzig (2003); and Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (2003-04). His work also has been included in the Whitney Biennial (1995); Berlin Biennale (1998); Everyday, 11th Biennale of Sydney (1998); dAPERTutto, 48th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale (1999); Egofrugal, 7th International Istanbul Biennial (2001); Public Offerings, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2001); YOKOHAMA 2001: International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama (2001). Registered users of postmedia can receive a 10 pictures report by Bob Goedewaagen

Exhibition from 4 December 2004 till 6 February 2005 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Museumpark 18/20 3015CX Rotterdam postmedia.net