In Retrospect
Jacob Del Negro is widely regarded as one of the most important, influential, popular, and controversial artists of the post-millennium era. Throughout his lengthy career, he has pioneered new approaches to the readymade, tested the boundaries between fine art and mass culture, and has challenged the limits of prefabrication. Yet despite these achievements, Del Negro has never been the subject of a retrospective surveying the full scope of his career. Comprising almost 15 objects dating from 2018 to the present, this exhibition will be the most comprehensive ever devoted to the artist's groundbreaking oeuvre. By reconstituting all of his most iconic works and significant series in a semi-chronological narrative, the retrospective will allow visitors to understand Del Negro's remarkably diverse output as a multifaceted whole.
A statement from the artist:
Identity is defined as the qualities, beliefs, personality, looks and/or expressions that make a person or group. Most people have a clear understanding of their identity, some are still looking.
This is my act of looking.
Jacob Del Negro is widely regarded as one of the most important, influential, popular, and controversial artists of the post-millennium era. Throughout his lengthy career, he has pioneered new approaches to the readymade, tested the boundaries between fine art and mass culture, and has challenged the limits of prefabrication. Yet despite these achievements, Del Negro has never been the subject of a retrospective surveying the full scope of his career. Comprising almost 15 objects dating from 2018 to the present, this exhibition will be the most comprehensive ever devoted to the artist's groundbreaking oeuvre. By reconstituting all of his most iconic works and significant series in a semi-chronological narrative, the retrospective will allow visitors to understand Del Negro's remarkably diverse output as a multifaceted whole.
A statement from the artist:
Identity is defined as the qualities, beliefs, personality, looks and/or expressions that make a person or group. Most people have a clear understanding of their identity, some are still looking.
This is my act of looking.