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Victor Burgin
Artist's Name: Victor Burgin
Preferred medium: mixed media
birth year: 1941
Nationality: GB
City: San Francisco

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As part of its ongoing mission to engage the Schindler House as a living art object, the MAK Center for Art and Architecture presents Victor Burgin's The Little House. This conceptual artwork sets an 18th century story, Jean-François de Bastide's libertine novella "La Petite Maison," within the rooms and grounds of the Modernist landmark. As visitors move through the Schindler House, they will hear scenes from the novella, which describes the seduction of a virtuous woman swayed by a sumptuous décor. Victor Burgin's The Little House brings together a book about a building and an iconic building, using the affects of each to mutually imbue their meanings. Jean-François de Bastide's "La Petite Maison" (1758) interweaves its seduction story with a guide to interior decoration. Commissioned by an architect to attract and educate potential clients, the "little house" of Bastide's title was a type of mansion used by the wealthy as a refuge for clandestine liaisons. The evocative audio of Burgin's piece describes opulent interiors, decorated with the utmost refinement and the "latest" in 18th century taste. As visitors regard Schindler's 1922 architectural innovations, they will hear of temples and pagodas, obelisks and labyrinths, Chinoiserie, brocades, porcelains and chandeliers. The audio script, derived from a 2005 video presentation seen at Christine Burgin Gallery in New York, departs from the 18th century in one instance. In the "salon" section, visitors will hear a description of Pauline Schindler's studio as it appeared in a vintage 1920s photograph. (MAK Center, Los Angeles)

important exhibitions from Victor Burgin

Exhibition Location City Country Date
When Attitudes Become Form Kunsthalle Bern Bern CH 22.03.1969
Victor Burgin: The Little House MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles Los Angeles US 10.11.2007
Hotel Berlin Campagne Première Berlin DE 19.09.2009
Victor Burgin: Alle otto. Solito posto & Voyage to Italy Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa Venedig IT 09.05.2008
MOCA's First Thirty Years The Museum of Modern Art - Grand Avenue - MOCA Los Angeles US 15.11.2009
Victor Burgin Cornerhouse Manchester GB 11.01.2003
Victor Burgin: Alle otto. Solito posto & Tales from Freud Museo Fotografia Contemporanea Balsamo IT 11.05.2008
Éblouissement´ und ´Guy Bourdin´ Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume Paris FR 24.06.2004
Artists Favourites - act I ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts London London GB 05.06.2004
Three Decades Galerie Thomas Schulte Berlin DE 28.04.2012

WHAT'S ON - current exhibitions with Victor Burgin

Three Decades

28/04/2012 - 23/06/2012
Victor Burgin Berlin

Galleries representing
Victor Burgin:

Campagne Première
Galerie Thomas Zander

Collections representing
Victor Burgin

Arts Council Collection
Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne
Fotomuseum Winterthur
FRAC - Haute-Normandie
FRAC - Nord-Pas de Calais
Frac Ile-de-France
Frac Poitou-Charentes
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA
MIT List Visual Arts Center
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS
Tate Britain
Tate St. Ives
The Museum of Modern Art - Grand Avenue - MOCA
Walker Art Center