Tobias Putrih: When Language Goes on Holiday
Meulensteen Gallery
Chelsea | New York | USATobias Putrih was born in 1972 in Kranj, Slovenia. His work is collected by many leading international institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Musée d’ Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Slovenia; and the Queensland Art Gallery, Australia. In 2007 Putrih represented his home country in the Venice Bienale. The same year the Neuberger Museum of Art mounted a survey exhibition covering the first decade of his work. Other major exhibitions include Psycho Buildings at the Hayward Gallery, Greater New York at PS1, the Galleria Civica Modena (a collaboration with Bangladeshi artist Runa Islam), and Manifesta 2002. Recently completed projects include architectural installations designed for the Centre Pompidou and the 2010 São Paulo Biennial. His forthcoming projects include an architectural commission for a community center in Aroyo, Uganda, which will be executed in collaboration with MOS Architects, Buro Happold, and Shelter Wakadogo.
Tobias Putrih was born in 1972 in Kranj, Slovenia. His work is collected by many leading international institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Musée d’ Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Slovenia; and the Queensland Art Gallery, Australia. In 2007 Putrih represented his home country in the Venice Bienale. The same year the Neuberger Museum of Art mounted a survey exhibition covering the first decade of his work. Other major exhibitions include Psycho Buildings at the Hayward Gallery, Greater New York at PS1, the Galleria Civica Modena (a collaboration with Bangladeshi artist Runa Islam), and Manifesta 2002. Recently completed projects include architectural installations designed for the Centre Pompidou and the 2010 São Paulo Biennial. His forthcoming projects include an architectural commission for a community center in Aroyo, Uganda, which will be executed in collaboration with MOS Architects, Buro Happold, and Shelter Wakadogo.