Artist: Jennifer Steinkamp
Title: Hurdy Gurdy Man
Date: 2005-08
Dimensions: 2 x 2.6 - 3 x 4 feet, projector sits back 4.5 - 8.5 feet from wall.
Equipment: Plus U7-132H SF, 3500 lumen, 1.55-1.8:1 projector, A Mobile PC LG-SX5/P4 computer.
Photo credit: Jennifer Steinkamp, courtesy ACME., Los Angeles, greengrassi, London, and Lehmann Maupin, New York.
Exhibition History:
- Uneasy Nature, Weatherspoon Art Museum, North Carolina, curated by Xandra Eden, February 18 - May 28, 2006.
- Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid Spain, March 23 - May 4, 2006.
- Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, March 2 - April 14, 2007.
- Williamson Gallery, Pasadena, California, SIX, June 2 - August 19, 2007. Curator: Stephen Nowlin.
- Mar Vista, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, California, November 3 - December 8, 2007, curated by Jeanne Patterson.
- Two-Fold Faction, PKM Gallery, Beijing, China, January 26 - March 8, 2008. Curator Yoewool Kang.
- Las Vegas Collects, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 23 - October 26, 2008. Curator: Libby Lumpkin.
- Lehmann Maupin, New York, September 7 - November 1, 2008.
- Until Now: Collecting the New (1960 - 2010), Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minnesota, April 16 - August 1, 2010, curator Elizabeth Armstrong, 2010.
- Jennifer Steinkamp, Leeahn Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, June 6 - July 3, 2010.
Description: The title comes from the Donovan song of the same name. A hurdy gurdy man is a man who plays a stringed violin like instrument while a hurdy gurdy woman is a 19th century prostitute. Hurdy Gurdy Man consists of small high-definition video projections of flowers dancing; projected in a lit room.
Part of the Collection:
Weatherspoon Art Museum, North Carolina. Dahlia.
Quicktime Movie
