SONG 1
Date
2012
Artist
Doug Aitken, American, b. Redondo Beach, California, 1968
Provenance
303 Gallery, New York, to 10 May 2012
Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest Fund and Anonymous Gift, 2012, dedicated in honor of Kerry Brougher’s service to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (2000–2014), 2014
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Doug Aitken: Song 1," 22 March-20 May 2012, cat.
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Los Angeles. "Doug Aitken: Electric Earth," 10 September 2016-15 January 2017, cat. Tour: MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH, 28 May-20 August.
Published References
KENNICOTT, PHILIP. "Hirshhorn Museum’s 'Song 1' is All About Projection," Washington Post (online edition), 22 March 2012.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN. "Thinking Outside the Circle: Exploring the Hirshhorn's 'SONG 1' Exhibit," Washington Post (online edition), 22 March 2012.
DELL'ARIA, ANNIE. The Moving Image as Public Art: Sidewalk Spectators and Modes of Enchantment (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), fig. 2.4 (color), p. 60.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), cover; pl. 337, p. 357.
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Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest Fund and Anonymous Gift, 2012, dedicated in honor of Kerry Brougher’s service to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (2000–2014), 2014
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
12.9
Type
Video
Medium
Seven-channel video installation; color; sound
Dimensions
running time: 00:34:42; looped; dimensions variable
