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Thomas Hirschhorn

Thomas Hirschhorn (Born 1957) is active/lives in Switzerland.  Thomas Hirschhorn is known for Social commentary installation art, mixed media.

"Art Review For Thomas Hirschhorn, Handmade Art Keeps Us Human: The Swiss artist turns cardboard and tape to the problems of social media, artificial intelligence and digital warfare." The New York Times,  By Travis Diehl, Feb. 1, 2024.
Gladstone Gallery looks like a war zone, the aftermath of a Call of Duty gaming session gone bad, the virtual gunmen downing Red Bull and chain smoking over their keyboards, until a bomb came through the roof.
This is the tragicomic scene summoned in cardboard and packing tape by Thomas Hirschhorn, 66, a Swiss artist known since the 90s for wrestling humble materials into cacophonous installations: rows of PCs and desks, a ceiling festooned with smiley-face and purple devil emojis dangling from ropes of tape, and life-size cutouts of geared-up video game soldiers. Energy drink cans made of tinfoil and mounds of cigarettes fashioned from plastic foam litter the paper desktops. The cardboard moni   ...  [Displaying 951 of 6795 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Thomas Hirschhorn

"Art Review For Thomas Hirschhorn, Handmade Art Keeps Us Human: The Swiss artist turns cardboard and tape to the problems of social media, artificial intelligence and digital warfare." The New York Times,  By Travis Diehl, Feb. 1, 2024.

Gladstone Gallery looks like a war zone, the aftermath of a Call of Duty gaming session gone bad, the virtual gunmen downing Red Bull and chain smoking over their keyboards, until a bomb came through the roof.

This is the tragicomic scene summoned in cardboard and packing tape by Thomas Hirschhorn, 66, a Swiss artist known since the 90s for wrestling humble materials into cacophonous installations: rows of PCs and desks, a ceiling festooned with smi  ...  Displaying 750 of 6795 characters.

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