Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
24.02 x 31.89 x 4.33 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
24.02 x 31.89 x 4.33 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, electrical installation
24.02 x 31.89 x 4.33 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, electrical installation
24.02 x 31.89 x 4.33 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
18.11 x 24.02 x 4.72 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
18.11 x 24.02 x 4.72 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
11.81 x 15.75 x 4.72 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
11.81 x 15.75 x 4.72 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
18.11 x 24.02 x 4.72 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
18.11 x 24.02 x 4.72 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
18.11 x 24.02 x 4.72 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
18.11 x 24.02 x 4.72 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Mat Collishaw
Sugar and Spice, all things nice. This is what little girls are made of
2000
Gilt frame, glass, paper, acetate, ink, wood, light panel
13.78 x 12.2 x 3.94 inches
Edition of 3
Sugar and Spice, all things nice. This is what little girls are made of
2000
Gilt frame, glass, paper, acetate, ink, wood, light panel
13.78 x 12.2 x 3.94 inches
Edition of 3
Mat Collishaw
Sugar and Spice, all things nice. This is what little girls are made of
2002
Gilt frame, glass, paper, acetate, ink, wood, light panel
13.78 x 12.2 x 3.94 inches
Edition of 3
Sugar and Spice, all things nice. This is what little girls are made of
2002
Gilt frame, glass, paper, acetate, ink, wood, light panel
13.78 x 12.2 x 3.94 inches
Edition of 3
Mat Collishaw
Sugar and Spice, all things nice. This is what little girls are made of
2002
Gilt frame, glass, paper, acetate, ink, wood, light panel
13.78 x 12.2 x 3.94 inches
Sugar and Spice, all things nice. This is what little girls are made of
2002
Gilt frame, glass, paper, acetate, ink, wood, light panel
13.78 x 12.2 x 3.94 inches
Mat Collishaw
Sugar and Spice, all things nice. This is what little girls are made of
2002
gilt frame, glass, paper, acetate, ink, wood, light panel
13.78 x 12.2 x 3.94 inches
Sugar and Spice, all things nice. This is what little girls are made of
2002
gilt frame, glass, paper, acetate, ink, wood, light panel
13.78 x 12.2 x 3.94 inches
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
14.57 x 16.93 x 6.69 inches
Pièce unique
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
14.57 x 16.93 x 6.69 inches
Pièce unique
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
14.57 x 16.93 x 6.69 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
14.57 x 16.93 x 6.69 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
14.57 x 16.93 x 6.69 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Kristallnacht
2002
Photograph, glass, acrylic, steel, light and fitting
14.57 x 16.93 x 6.69 inches
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" of November 9, 1938, referring to the anti-Jewish attacks during which the Nazis destroyed the windows of their shops.
Kristallnacht is a series of installations that are presented like pictures. The works use the photos taken during the deconstruction of the buildings and shops of the Jewish district in Berlin. At first glance far from the extreme cruelty of the subject, the images are lightened up from the back by a light source passing through polarizing filters. Therefore Mat Collishaw manipulates the pictures "twofold" and offers a reflection on the perception of their signs as well as shifting the weight of their content.
Mat Collishaw
Madonna
2002
Ceramic, cement, wood, paint
167.32 x 101.57 inches
Pièce unique
Silver pearls are rolling over a young girl's face that is distorted by a mosaic consisting of 30'000 separate pieces that finally make sense. Like an indication of reality's resistance in a form of idealisation, the one of art, the image refers to one of its oldest and most traditional techniques.
Madonna
2002
Ceramic, cement, wood, paint
167.32 x 101.57 inches
Pièce unique
Silver pearls are rolling over a young girl's face that is distorted by a mosaic consisting of 30'000 separate pieces that finally make sense. Like an indication of reality's resistance in a form of idealisation, the one of art, the image refers to one of its oldest and most traditional techniques.
Mat Collishaw
Corona
2002
Ceramic, cement, wood, paint
137.79 x 192.91 inches
Pièce unique
Corona
2002
Ceramic, cement, wood, paint
137.79 x 192.91 inches
Pièce unique
Mat Collishaw
The Eight Day
2002
Ceramic, cement, wood, paint
139.37 x 109.84 inches
Pièce unique
The Eight Day
2002
Ceramic, cement, wood, paint
139.37 x 109.84 inches
Pièce unique
Mat Collishaw
The Eight Day
2002
Ceramic, cement, wood, paint
139.37 x 109.84 inches
Pièce unique
The Eight Day
2002
Ceramic, cement, wood, paint
139.37 x 109.84 inches
Pièce unique
Mat Collishaw
Centrefolds Slaves
2002
Paper, paint, digital print clip frame
11.42 x 7.87 inches
Pièce unique
Centrefolds Slaves
2002
Paper, paint, digital print clip frame
11.42 x 7.87 inches
Pièce unique
Mat Collishaw
Centrefolds Slaves
2002
Paper, paint, digital print clip frame
11.42 x 7.87 inches
Pièce unique
Centrefolds Slaves
2002
Paper, paint, digital print clip frame
11.42 x 7.87 inches
Pièce unique
Mat Collishaw
Asylum
2002
Video projection, glass, metal, wood
Pièce unique
Asylum
2002
Video projection, glass, metal, wood
Pièce unique
Mat Collishaw
L’Amour est partout
2002
Pièce unique
L’Amour est partout
2002
Pièce unique
Mat Collishaw
Ultraviolet baby
2002
Film 16 mm
8:40 min.
Pièce unique
The video projection "Ultraviolet Baby" is playing with the instantaneous perception of the audience, stereotypes related to what we call art, memory and the publicity world, and reflects the heaviness of the reality hidden behind the artificial and seductive image.
Ultraviolet baby
2002
Film 16 mm
8:40 min.
Pièce unique
The video projection "Ultraviolet Baby" is playing with the instantaneous perception of the audience, stereotypes related to what we call art, memory and the publicity world, and reflects the heaviness of the reality hidden behind the artificial and seductive image.
Mat Collishaw
Stoned Immaculate
2002
Video
By courtesy of Damien Hirst.
The video projection "Stoned Immaculate" plays on the immediate perception of the viewer, on stereotypes linked with art, the memory or the world of advertising, unveiling the tricks and seductions of the images and the overwhelming weight of reality.
Stoned Immaculate
2002
Video
By courtesy of Damien Hirst.
The video projection "Stoned Immaculate" plays on the immediate perception of the viewer, on stereotypes linked with art, the memory or the world of advertising, unveiling the tricks and seductions of the images and the overwhelming weight of reality.
Mat Collishaw
Shakin' Jesus
2002
4:04 min. (loop)
Pièce unique
Shakin' Jesus
2002
4:04 min. (loop)
Pièce unique