Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
“Common Measures”
New York, 510 West 25th Street
Known for his critical and poetic digital artworks, Lozano-Hemmer incorporates a wide range of technologies in his practice, including artificial intelligence, robotics, interactive fountains, computerized surveillance, and mapped projections. Situated at the intersection of architecture and performance, his often participatory, public-facing works have been inspired by phantasmagoria and animatronic traditions. Through his installations, Lozano-Hemmer has examined social and political issues; literary histories; and natural, scientific, and physiological phenomena.
Lozano-Hemmer became the first artist to officially represent Mexico at the Venice Biennale in 2007. His work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal; Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City; Amore Pacific Museum of Art, Seoul; Tate, London; and many other international institutions.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Pulse Topology, 2021 © Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
In 2021, Lozano-Hemmer was the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at museums across the US, including the Brooklyn Museum in New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City. Among his recent public projects are Border Tuner (2019), a large-scale, participatory installation connecting the cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua through bridges of light and sound, and Speaking Willow (2020), a sound sculpture in the shape of a weeping willow tree installed at the entrance of the Planet Word Museum in Washington, D.C.
In his forthcoming exhibition with Pace in New York, the artist will showcase three new installations that honor ephemerality as a salient aspect of the human condition: Pulse Topology (2021), Call on Water (2016), and Hormonium (2022).
