Rirkrit Tiravanija turned to the collaborative art of printmaking for one of the more elaborate objects of his career. Primarily known for immaterial projects and performative works like serving meals in galleries, Tiravanija collaborated with more than forty people—from master printers to graduate and undergraduate students—on Untitled 2008-11 (the map of the land of feeling) at Columbia University’s LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies. Almost ninety feet long and taking three years to complete, it chronicles twenty years of Tiravanija’s peripatetic life, his recurring themes, and historical references. The print is on view for the first time at the Johnson in this exhibition.
“The fire is gone but we have the light”
23 January – 29 May 2016
Johnson Museum of Art
Rirkrit Tiravanija, Untitled 2008-11 (the map of the land of feeling) (detail), 2011