Tacita
Dean
Tacita
Dean
Dean
An artist interested in the concepts of time and memory, Tacita Dean evokes historic or fictional narratives in drawings, silver gelatin photographs and 16mm films, breaking away from all academic approaches. By making of these obsolete media the preferred tools of her memory exploration, she also engages a reflection on the issues of the analogical medium itself and the challenges of its preservation.
Mainly known for her films with a contemplative atmosphere, often made in long take sequences, the work of Tacita Dean is an authentic praise of slowness. Moving away from commented films since the 1990s, Dean has since favoured discrete soundtracks that further intensify the minimalism of her narrations.
The works of Tacita Dean, part of the Pinault Collection, were first shown at the 2016 “Accrochage” ("Hanging") exhibition at the Punta della Dogana. Her work is the subject of retrospectives at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne (2009), the Dia:Beacon, New York (2008) and the Guggenheim Museum (2007).
Mainly known for her films with a contemplative atmosphere, often made in long take sequences, the work of Tacita Dean is an authentic praise of slowness. Moving away from commented films since the 1990s, Dean has since favoured discrete soundtracks that further intensify the minimalism of her narrations.
The works of Tacita Dean, part of the Pinault Collection, were first shown at the 2016 “Accrochage” ("Hanging") exhibition at the Punta della Dogana. Her work is the subject of retrospectives at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne (2009), the Dia:Beacon, New York (2008) and the Guggenheim Museum (2007).
