Two Women, 2008
Color High-Definition video on plasma display mounted on wall
Performers: Pamela Blackwell and Weba Garretson
Photo: Kira Perov
Ocean Without a Shore, 2007
Video/sound installation
Color High-Definition video triptych, two 65” plasma screens,
one 103” screen mounted vertically, six loudspeakers (three pairs
stereo sound)
Room dimensions variable
Performer: Blake Viola
Installation view, Church of San Gallo, Venice
Photo: Thierry Bal
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of ThePassions exhibition by Mark Kidel. Please click
here to view the film.
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"BILL VIOLA AWARDED PRAEMIUM IMPERIALE "
2011 Praemium Imperiale Press Conference (video: courtesy of The Japan Art Association)
2011 Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award Presented in Tokyo- On Wednesday, October 19th, His Imperial Highness Prince Hitachi, honorary patron of the Japan Art Association, presented the Praemium Imperiale art awards at a formal ceremony in Tokyo to an esteemed class of Laureates who have shown extraordinary achievement in the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and theatre/film.
Bill Viola was awarded the Praemium Imperiale art award in the catagory of Painting. Additional Laureates this year include Anish Kapoor for Sculpture, Judi Dench for Theatre and Film, Ricardo Legorreta for Architecture, and Seiji Ozawa for Music. Viola and his four fellow Laureates were on hand to receive their specially-designed gold medals and testimonial letters from Prince Hitachi. Carrying prizes of 15 million yen (approximately $195,000) each, the awards recognize lifetime achievement in the arts in categories not covered by the Nobel Prizes.
Candidates for the Praemium Imperiale awards are nominated by a distinguished panel of International Advisors and selected by the Japan Art Association. The Praemium Imperiale was created in 1988 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Japan Art Association and the Praemium Imperiale and to honor the late Prince Takamatsu, who served as the association's honorary patron for 58 years.
March 19 - May 17, 2012 Helena (2008), "Passing Time," Richard E. Peeler Art Center, De Pauw University, Greencastle, IN
March 30 - July 8, 2012 Memory Surfaces Mental Prayers (1977), "Wish You Were Here, The Buffalo Avant-Garde in the 1970's," Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
EUROPE
February 8 - May 8, 2012
Reverse Television -- Portraits of Viewers (1983-84), "Video Vintage," Centre Pompidou, Paris
March 8 - August 12, 2012 The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), Surrender (2001), Dolorosa (2000), Four Hands (2001), Six Heads (2000), Man of Sorrows (2001),
"Art and Emotions Through Five Centuries," Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
April 4 - June 10, 2012 The Silent Sea (2002), "Silence," Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria
ASIA
March 9 - May 6, 2012 The Return (Take for Red) (2007), Anika (2008), The Far Shore (2007), Melina (2008), Poem A (2005), Tempest (Study for the Raft) (2005), Unspoken (Silver & Gold) (2001), James Cohan Gallery, Shanghai
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
NORTH AMERICA
January 27 - March 4, 2012 Helena (2008), "Passing Time," Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, CT
January 20 - April 29, 2012 The Raft (2004), Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
December 3, 2011 - February 19, 2012 The Reflecting Pool - Collected Works 1977-80, "Bill Viola Collected Works: 1977-80," Georgia Art Museum, Athens, GA
November 19, 2011 - Ocean Without a Shore (2007), "Ocean Without a Shore," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
October 7, 2011 - February 12, 2012 Hatsu-Yume(First Dream) (1981), Migration (1976), "Exchange Evolution," Long Beach Museum of Art
September 22 - March 25, 2012 Isolde's Ascension (The Shape of Light in Space After Death) (2005), Three Women (2008) , "The Value of Water," The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York
January 14 - March 4, 2012 The Raft (2004), "Bill Viola: The Raft," Kubuso Art Centre, Oytese, Norway
November 25 - December 27, 2011 The Fall Into Paradise (2005), "Bill Viola: The Fall Into Paradise," Gardibaldi Building, Dirimart, Istanbul, Turkey
November 11, 2011 - January 30, 2012 The Night Journey (2005- ), "Space Invaders," Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
November 12, 2011 - April 9, 2012 Threshold (1992), "The Art of Deceleration", Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
September 26, 2011 - February 28, 2012 Fire Woman (2005), Tristan's Ascension (The Sounds of a Mountain Under a Waterfall) (2005), Selected Works 1976-81,
"Amore e Morte" Gucci Museum, Florence, Italy
July 23, 2011 - March 18, 2012 Silent Mountain (2001), "Images of the Mind," Deutches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden Germany (7/23/11- 10/30/11), Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic (12/8/11-3/18/12)
ASIA
January 24 - May 6, 2012 The Quintet of the Astonished (2000), "Modern Japanese Art from the Museum Collection," The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
September 28, 2010 – semi-permanent installation The Veiling (1995), “Blackbox”, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Emergence, 2002