Margo Leavin
Margo Leavin Gallery | 812 North Robertson Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90069 | USA
Apr. 24 - May. 27, 2004
Oursler’s new works are large biomorphic objects alive with video projections of seemingly ghoulish faces muttering various complaints and sentiments. These projections speak directly, confronting and in turn, engaging the audience. In this exhibition, Oursler continues to center on the idea of the role media plays in society today and the effects that it has on the human spirit. He takes the video image out of the box of the television and places it on a three dimensional object; the viewer is no longer simply the anonymous voyeur, but encounters images that acknowledge his presence.
Tony Oursler was born in new york in 1957. He completed a BA in fine arts at the California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, California in 1979. His art covers a range of mediums working with video, sculpture, installation, performance and painting. Oursler's work has been exhibited in prestigious institutions including the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Documenta VIII, IX, Kassel, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Skulptur Projekte, Munster, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, the tate, Liverpool. The artist currently lives and works in New York City.