Tony Oursler
Obscura

Düsseldorf

American multimedia and installation artist, Tony Oursler, currently presents Obscura at Düsseldorf-based Hans Mayer gallery. Obscura consists of projections of eyes onto spheres of varying dimensions. For his show at Hans Mayer, he developed a new iteration of Obscura, which is the manifestation of an ongoing project in Oursler’s oeuvre, addressing the position of the viewer in relation to the spectacle of current pop cultural viewing trends. The artist explores our relationship to multimedia screens, including televisions, computers, smart phones, and cinema, as his subject matter for this large scale installation. Oversized representations of eyes are formed by projecting pre-recorded images onto large fiberglass spheres, which are suspended in space as well as spread throughout the gallery’s walls and floor. Each depiction becomes a macro portrait of a moment of consumption, as the transfixed eye reveals the off screen focus of its gaze in a small reflection onto the surface of the cornea. On each eye clues to the specific content of the viewers fascination can be seen, for example the eyes are variously viewing; surfing the internet, watching horror movies, science fiction, nature films, computer graphics, weather system, social media, etc. These tiny reflections within the eyes are accompanied by a distant soundtrack, which pervades the installation.

Tony Oursler

Hans Meyer

March 31 – April 29, 2014
Grabbeplatz 2
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany

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