Jim Lambie

Beginning in May 2006, Scottish artist Jim Lambie (b. 1964, Glasgow) will transform the Hirshhorn Museum's lobby into a lively, colorful and immersive environment that will include one of Lambie's signature taped floor pieces from his "Zobop" series. Though this is the first time Lambie's work will be on view in Washington, D.C., he is recognized internationally for his dynamic sculpture and installation works that use everyday items -electrical tape, handbags, mattresses, turntables, doors and mirrors. Space and surface inform Lambie's eclectic body of work. For the Hirshhorn, Lambie will create a site-specific installation that covers the Museum's lobby floor in vinyl tape, placed meticulously edge-to-edge in simple, concentric geometric patterns, like an oversized hallucinatory optical paintings upon which visitors are invited to walk. In addition to Lambie's floor piece, several of the artist's three-dimensional sculptures will also be on view. The Hirshhorn's exhibition is organized by associate curator Anne Ellegood. This project is part of the museum's "Directions" series, which has brought the work of leading and emerging international artists to Washington since 1987. This project is made possible in part by Ray Graham III and the Trellis Fund.

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