Yet untitled
Tino Sehgal
‘Sehgal uses “constructed situations”: live encounters between visitors and those enacting the work. Their ephemeral beauty rests in the fleeting specificity of the encounter.’
- Press release Marian Goodman Gallery
The art of Tino Sehgal takes the shape of constructed situations that question the traditional subject-object relationship of visual art. Sehgal takes language, singing, dancing, and other modes of behavior as his artistic material, often generating immersive artworks that are felt more than they are seen. ‘Sehgal’s abandoning of material production in favor of lived experience is nevertheless achieved with a sensitivity to classical considerations of form, composition and space, grounded not only in the history of dance but also western traditions of sculpture and painting. Based on the artist’s compositions and choreographies, the works unfold in the adaptations of their respective players, thereby immersing their beholders in experiences ranging from individualized and intimate encounters to collectively shared situations. Although, as a rule, Sehgal’s works are always present throughout the entire opening hours of the exhibition, they remain mutable and never stay the same. In response to and in interaction with their respective audience, they transition through open patterns of forms, expressions and varying levels of energetic intensity.’ - Marian Goodman Gallery.
In Alone Together, Sehgal presents Yet untitled, a work in movement and sound, which was awarded the Golden Lion at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013). Yet untitled has subsequently been presented in exhibitions of Sehgal’s work at Odawara Art Foundation in Japan, the Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, The Palais Garnier, Opera National de Paris and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
Tino Sehgal (°1976) is of German-Indian descent, and lives and works in Berlin.