Jim Dine "Hot Dream (52 Books)"

The Pace Gallery (534 W 25th St)

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"Hot Dream (52 Books)" is a multi-layered exhibition which juxtaposes poetry, audio, books, collage, drawings, photographs, sculpture, and digital prints on canvas from 1999 to the present. "Hot Dream" originated from the artist's desire to produce a series of books-- one for each week of the year. Expressions of consciousness, biography, and imagination, they represent a metting point for some of the artist's long-time interest including book-makig, drawing, and performance. The exhibition unfolds throughout rooms of the gallery and the viewer is immersed in a multi-sensory experience. Books dangle from the ceiling; Dine's voice is heard reading poetry over a speaker; drawings are pinned to the wall, and in some cases drawn in charcoal directly on the walls. Photographs are juxtaposed with sculpture and posters line the floor as Dine's work and life come alive through a visual profusion of his art, mementoes, photographs, thoughts, and biographical details. The PaceWildenstein exhibition incorporates new, additional works, including two large-scale sculptures of Santa Claus, one in clay, one in plaster, from 2008, that have never before been exhibited.

[Image: Jim Dine "Hot Dream (52 Books)" installation view at Liner Museum, Switzerland, 2008]

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from December 11, 2008 to February 07, 2009

Artist(s)

Jim Dine

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    perke: (2008-12-23 at 17:12)

    james kalm is welcome at pace this time around http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6wlGxZezks&feature=channel_page note the background music that kalm reports have been featuring recently.

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