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HUBBARD/BIRCHLER:
NO ROOM TO ANSWER
September 14, 2008–January
4, 2009
The Modern Art Museum of Fort
Worth and Curator Andrea Karnes present an exhibition
of photographs and videos by the collaborative
team of Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler,
their first major survey in an American museum.
The
Swiss/American artist duo Teresa Hubbard (born
1965 in Dublin, Ireland) and Alexander
Birchler (born 1962 in Baden, Switzerland) live
and work in Austin, Texas. In a career of more
than fifteen years, they have become known for
their picturesque, color-saturated photographic
series and their deliberately slow-paced video
installations, which feature slow pan shots,
endless loops, and puzzling plot lines. Starting
with their early staged photographs, No Room
to Answer presents key works from 1991 to 2008.
Their most recent video, Grand Paris Texas, 2008,
which debuts with this exhibition, was commissioned
by the Modern Art Museum and will become part
of the Museum’s permanent collection.
We
would like to extend a special thanks to Pro Helvetia
Swiss Arts Council, John and Julie Thornton, the
Texas Commission on the Arts, and the Alturas Foundation
for helping make this exhibition possible with
their financial support.
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