22 August 2008 – 9 November 2008

The Collections of Barbara Bloom

The Martin-Gropius-Bau presents an exhibition of works by the American artist Barbara Bloom. In a world saturated with images, Barbara Bloom makes visually abundant art that examines the nature of looking. Internationally known for her meticulously crafted works that are precisely detailed and flawlessly executed, Bloom rarely presents a singular image or object, but concerns herself with the relationships between objects and images, and the meanings implicit in their placement and combination. Bloom’s artwork uses beauty as a premise for investigating illusion, fragility, and transience.

Bloom is one of the leading artists of postmodern generation of artists that includes Cindy Sherman, Richard Prince, and Barbara Kruger. She is particularly noted for her witty and elegant installations, which often combine objects that she has collected with ones manufactured.

This exhibition will include many components of her past artworks, such as her noteworthy The Reign of Narcissism, and Esprit de l’Escalier, along side newly made pieces, as well as specimens from her vast personal collections of ephemera and objects gathered from wide ranging sources. In each case, she repositions the work or adds new elements, not only to blur the lines between self-made and found material, between past and present, but also to acknowledge how meaning is constructed by context.

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