 Der Grosse Schnee, 2003 Computer-generated DVD animation, color, sound Zilla Leutenegger Spencer Brownstone Gallery is pleased to present the first New York solo exhibition by Zurich-based artist Zilla Leutenegger. Zilla Leutenegger has described her work as "video drawing". Her digital animations are highly personal reflections on the artist and her place in the world, and bring a rare fluency and lyricism to the medium. Her work usually features Leutenegger herself appearing in a range of personae, and often reconfigures feminine and masculine stereotypes in unexpected ways. For her exhibition at Spencer Brownstone Gallery, Leutenegger will be presenting a new DVD animation, "Der Grosse Schnee", projected onto a giant billboard installed in the gallery. Making humorous reference to her Swiss nationality and the pressure to perform on "the big stage" in New York, the artist appears against a panoramic background of snowy Swiss mountains, throwing a series of snowballs out of the picture towards us. Lying around the gallery floor, these snowballs are revealed as crumpled pieces of paper, suggesting rejected drawings overflowing from a wastepaper basket. With typical humor and optimism, however, the artist will turn these "failed" drawings into her own success: offering them for sale during the exhibition, as sculptural objects on plinths. Zilla Leutenegger was born in Zurich in 1968 and graduated from the University of Art and Design, Zurich in 1999. She has had numerous solo exhibitions, including shows at Studio Massimo de Carlo, Milan; and MAMCO, Musée d'art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva. Her work has been included in group exhibitions internationally, including ICA, London; the New Museum, New York; and Centre pour l'image Contemporaine, Saint-Gervais, Geneva. April 10th - May 10th, 2003 Hours: Tue-Sat 11am to 6pm closed Sunday and Monday Spencer Brownstone Gallery 39 Wooster Street USA-New York, NY 10013 Telefon +1 212 334.3455 Fax +1 212 274.1157 E-Mail info@spencerbrownstonegallery.com www.spencerbrownstonegallery.com |
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