This
work essentially chronicles the last 20 years of
his life, his recurring themes and historical
references. The maps and arrows record locations
where Tiravanija has traveled and exhibited. There
are recipes which refer to his practice of
preparing and feeding visitors at his exhibitions.
Interspersed throughout each of the three scrolls
are repeated silhouettes of iconic art works by
Duchamp and Broodthaers. Duchamps famous
Fountain inspired Tiravanija to become an artist
and Marcel Broodthaers incorporation of mussels in
cooking pots as appropriated objects clearly
influenced Tiravanijas own cooking performances
and installations.
Tirvanija was born to Thai parents in Buenos Aires in 1963 and was raised in Argentina, Bangkok, Ethiopia, and Canada. Tiravanijas work is both autobiographical and relational to the societies and institutions he lives in and passes through. His work defies media-based description, as his practice combines traditional object making, public and private performances, teaching, and other forms of public service and social action.
Untitled (the map of the land of feeling) I-III was created from 2009 to 2011 at Columbia Universitys LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies and overseen by the Artistic Director, Tomas Vu Daniel.
Rirkrit Tiravanija is the winner of the 2010 Absolut Art Award and the 2005 Hugo Boss Prize awarded by the Guggenheim Museum. Tiravanija was also awarded the Benesse by the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum in Japan and the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Lucelia Artist Award. In 2010 he had a retrospective exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bielefeld along with a previous retrospective exhibition at the Museum Bojmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam that then was presented in Paris and London. Tiravanija is on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts at Columbia University, and is a founding member and curator of Utopia Station, a collective project of artists, art historians, and curators. Tiravanija is also President of an educational-ecological project known as The Land Foundation, located in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and is part of a collective alternative space called VER located in Bangkok-- where he maintains his primary residence and studio.
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