Cerith Wyn Evans

Born in 1958, in United Kingdom
Lives and works in London (United Kingdom)

Portrait de Cerith Wyn Evans © Marc Domage

First and foremost a film-maker and video artist, Cerith Wyn Evans began making sculptures and visual and sound installations in the 1990s, mainly based on the themes of language and perception.

Biography

Drawings on references to cinema, literature and art history, his works feature neon lights, photographs, musical instruments and even fireworks, spatialising sounds and hovering between the material and immaterial.

Cerith Wyn Evans presented multiple monographic shows at renowned institutions, including the Aspen Museum of Art, Colorado, USA (2021); Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy (2019); the National Museum Wales and Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom (2018); the Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico (2018); the Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich, Switzerland (2017); the Museion Bolzano, Italy (2015); the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London (2014); the MUSAC in Leon, Spain (2008); the Institute of Contemporary Art in London (2004); the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA (2004); Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, France (2004). He also participated in documenta 11 in Kassel, Germany (2002) and was the first artist to represent Wales at the Venice Art Biennale in 2003. His works are part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, USA; the Tate Modern in London; the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Fondation Louis Vuitton, and the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris.

Bibliographic resources

García Düttmann, Alexander ; Cixous, HélèneCixous, Hélène ; Serpentine gallery (Londres)... [et al.]. Cerith Wyn Evans : [exhibition, Sepentine Sackler Gallery, London, 17 September - 9 November 2014]. London : Serpentine Gallery : Koenig Books, 2014.

Obrist, Hans Ulrich. Hans Ulrich Obrist and Cerith Wyn Evans : the Conversation Series. Köln : Buchhandlung Walther König, 2011. (The conversation series ; 24).

GWyn Evans, Cerith. Cerith Wyn Evans [Exhibition, Bergen Kunsthalle, Feb.4 - Mar.27, 2011]. Bergen : Bergen Kunsthall, 2011.

Wyn Evans, Cerith ; Obrist, Hans Ulrich. Everyone's gone to the movies, now we're alone at last [exhibition, White cube, 14 april - 22 may 2010]. Londres : White Cube, 2010.

In The Collection

A=F=L=O=A=T, 2014

Cerith Wyn Evans

Exhibition of the Collection

From 27 October 2014 to 25 November 2014

Inaugural Hang

Curated to complement Frank Gehry’s architecture, the first hang displays a selection of emblematic works from the four themes of the collection (Contemplative, Pop, Expressionist, Music/Sound) by Christian Boltanski, Pierre Huyghe, Bertrand Lavier, Gerhard Richter and Thomas Schütte. As part of his commission for the auditorium, one room is dedicated to the works of Ellsworth Kelly.

Exhibition of the Collection

From 17 December 2014 to 18 May 2015

Expressionist and contemplative works

The second phase in the inaugural hang featured a larger number of works, based on the Expressionist and the Contemplative themes.

Exhibition of the Collection

From 3 June 2015 to 4 January 2016

Pop & Music

The collection is constantly evolving. This third presentation of the Collection of the Fondation's artworks, with popist lines, including music and sound, gather more than twenty contemporary artists.

Artists

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