Christian Boltanski "No Man’s Land"
Park Avenue Armory
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Filling the vast Wade Thompson Drill Hall, No Man’s Land is Christian Boltanski’s most ambitious project in the United States to date. This monumental work explores the signature motifs of the artist’s forty-year career - individuality, anonymity, life and death - in an immersive landscape that is both powerful and infernal. Incorporating 30 tons of discarded clothing, a 60-foot crane and the sound of human heartbeats, the installation offers an unforgettable and deeply moving experience by one of today’s most important artists. Curated by Tom Eccles.
As part of the installation at the Armory, visitors will be invited to record their own heartbeat and offer it to the artist as he continues to expand his ARCHIVES DU COEUR, a collection of human heartbeats from around the world.
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from May 14, 2010 to June 13, 2010
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So what of your clothes when you’re not in them? Absence as presence is the quiet force of French artist Christian Boltanski‘s vast No Man’s Land, an installation made up of 30-plus tons of discarded clothing, a 60-foot crane, and 12 foot tall wall of 3,000 stacked cookie tins. [cont... http://www.documentingstyle.com/no-mans-land-at-park-ave-armory/]