LOW VISIBILITY. HOW TO DISAPPEAR AND MAKE APPEAR
Works by Ana Mendieta, Martha Rosler, Hito Steyerl and others present at the new Walker Art Center exhibition.
What would it mean to disappear in an era of near total surveillance? How do we protect our privacy online? Or how might we make something visible in an oversaturated image sphere? Can we trust the images that we see?
The above questions are what guest curator Jadine Collingwood takes to commission this new show at Walker Art Center's Gallery B / Target in Minneapolis. "Low Visibility" highlights works from the Walker collection that explore the power of visibility and invisibility.
"Today visibility is a matter of global political urgency, catalyzed by developments in military weaponry, increased surveillance technology, grassroots protest movements, and complex disinformation campaigns." says curator Collingwood. In this context, the artists that are part of the exhibition, from different countries and generations, explore strategies to avoid being seen or, on the contrary, to illuminate objects that are normally overlooked or hidden. "The exhibited works question the camouflage tactics in today's world by reexamining representations of war, mass communication systems or the signs and symbols of the revolution."
The exhibition includes work by Fionna Banner, Baseera Khan, Christian Marclay, Ana Mendieta, Noor Afshan Mirza, Reynier Leyva Novo, Steven Pippin, Walid Raad, Martha Rosler and Hito Steyerlm in addition to new acquisitions by Stephanie Syjuco that will rotate throughout the shows.
Low Visibility
February 5, 2021–January 23, 2022
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Ana Mendieta, Untitled (Facial Cosmetic Variations), 1972/1997. Collection Walker Art Center, Clinton and Della Walker Acquisition Fund, 2004.
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Stephanie Syjuco, Total Transparency Filter (Portrait of N), 2017. Collection Walker Art Center, gift of Jennifer Martin, 2020.
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Stephanie Syjuco, Chromakey Aftermath (Standard Bearers), 2019. Collection Jennifer Martin.
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Hito Steyerl, HOW NOT TO BE SEEN A Fucking Didactic Educational .Mov File, 2013. Image CC 4.0 Hito Steyerl. Collection Walker Art Center, T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 2014.
