Santiago Sierra
Artist Cv
In his work Santiago Sierra often addresses structures of power that operate in our everyday existence. Sierra's work intervenes into these structures exposing situations of exploitation and marginalisation, famously hiring underprivileged individuals who, in exchange for money, are willing to undertake pointless or unpleasant tasks. Sierra's work never repeats reality, but challenges it exposing its intrinsic mechanisms. The essence of the work is often in the tension generated and sustained between the event or its documentation and the spectator, who is exposed to what can be described as the formal and poetic articulation of the voice of all those who are normally marginalised or disenfranchised.
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Artist News
All-Inclusive – A Tourist World
Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
30 January – 4 May 2008
Arte ≠ Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000
El Museo del Barrio, New York
Curated by Deborah Cullen
30 January – 1 June 2008
GREENWASHING
Environment: Perils, Promises and Perplexities
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino
Curated by Max Andrews, Mariana Cánepa Luna and Ilaria Bonacossa
28 February - 11 May 2008
Art in the Life World
BREAKING GROUND, Axis Arts Centre, Ballymun, Dublin
28 February – 12 April 2008
Typical! Clichés of Jews and Others
The Jewish Museum Berlin
19 March - 3 August 2008
The exhibition will travel to Museum of the Spertus Institute in Chicago (end of September 2007)
and to the Jewish Museum Vienna (from 21 January to 26 April 2009)
Terms of Use
Montehermoso Cultural Centre, Vicoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Curated by Lisa Rosendahl
23 May - 31 August 2008
Artist Exhibitions
Santiago Sierra November 30, 2007 - January 19, 2008View Exhibition
Santiago Sierra July 13 - August 21, 2004
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Santiago Sierra Part II October 16 - November 6, 2002
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Santiago Sierra Part I September 10 - October 10, 2002
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A Shot in the Head July 14 - September 9, 2000
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Artist Images
HOUSE IN MUD. Kestnergesellschaft. Hannover. February 2005, 2005 Black and white photograph 106 x 156 x 4.5 cm
HOUSE IN MUD. Kestnergesellschaft. Hannover. February 2005, 2005 Black and white photograph 106 x 156 x 4.5 cm
HOUSE IN MUD. Kestnergesellschaft. Hannover. February 2005, 2005 Black and white photograph 106 x 156 x 4.5 cm
Polyurethane Sprayed on the Backs of 10 Workers. Lisson Gallery, London, U.K. July 2004, 2004 Single screen black & white DVD projection Dimensions variable
Polyurethane Sprayed on the Backs of 10 Workers. Lisson Gallery, London, U.K. July 2004, 2004 Single screen black & white DVD projection Dimensions variable
Polyurethane Sprayed on the Backs of 10 Workers. Lisson Gallery, London, U.K. July 2004, 2004 Single screen black & white DVD projection Dimensions variable
Polyurethane Sprayed on the Backs of 10 Workers. Lisson Gallery, London, U.K. July 2004, 2004 Single screen black & white DVD projection Dimensions variable
A worker's arm passing through the ceiling of an art space from a dwelling. Mexico City. January 2004, 2004 Black and white prints (Diptych) 29.5 x 42 cm
90 x 90 cm bread cube. Mexico City. July 2003, 2003 Black and White Prints (Poliptych) 29.5 x 21 cm
Covered word. Spanish pavilion. Venice, Italy. June 2003, 2003 5 Black and White Prints 29.6 x 21 cm each
Covered word. Spanish pavilion. Venice, Italy. June 2003, 2003 5 Black and White Prints 29.6 x 21 cm each
Covered word. Spanish pavilion. Venice, Italy. June 2003, 2003 5 Black and White Prints 29.6 x 21 cm each
Covered word. Spanish pavilion. Venice, Italy. June 2003, 2003 5 Black and White Prints 29.6 x 21 cm each