Exhibition details
Boltanski’s extended video Animitas, La Forêt des Murmures (2016), which documents a permanent version of the work on the island of Teshima in Japan, is also on view.
Artist details
Boltanski’s affiliation with Japanese ways of thinking—and in particular his long embrace of the ways the transience of human existence shapes the human condition—is fundamental to his overall perspective.
Location
The Isamu Noguchi Museum
9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard)
9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard)
Long Island City, New York 11106
Image: Christian Boltanski, Animitas, La Forêt des Murmures, 2016. Video projection, HD color video (12 hours, 52 min. 21 sec., 16/9 format, stereo sound); hay, flowers. Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery. © Christian Boltanski. Photo: Nicholas Knight. © INFGM / ARS