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febbraio 02, 2022 - Gagosian Gallery

Gagosian to present Chris Burden's Dreamer's Folly at Frieze Los Angeles 2022

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LOS ANGELES, February 1, 2022—Gagosian is pleased to announce its participation in Frieze Los Angeles 2022 with a presentation of Chris Burden's Dreamer's Folly (2010). This is the first time that the large-format sculpture has been exhibited in the United States.

The installation consists of three cast-iron gazebos that Burden conjoined to produce a fantastical structure. Painted white and accented with diaphanous lace that features a "tree of life" design, Dreamer's Folly unites the traditions of interpreting and shaping nature in British decorative arts and landscape architecture. It is one of several sculptures that Burden titled with the word Folly, referring to the ornamental structures designed as focal points within gardens. The work explores the evocative power of its ornate forms, establishing an otherworldly space for reverie.

Dreamer's Folly furthered a creative inquiry into the cultural meanings of the built environment that was critical to Burden's artistic project. In its use of cast-iron elements to establish an immersive social space, the work is related to Urban Light (2008), his permanent installation of 202 antique streetlights that is a landmark work in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Also in February 2022, Gagosian will publish Poetic Practical: The Unrealized Work of Chris Burden, a project five years in the making. Burden was the first artist to be represented by Larry Gagosian, beginning in 1978.

To receive a PDF with detailed information on Dreamer's Folly, please contact the gallery at inquire@gagosian.com.

Frieze Los Angeles will be at a new venue this year, in the heart of Beverly Hills adjacent to the Beverly Hilton. To attend the fair, purchase tickets at frieze.com.

Chris Burden was born in Boston in 1946, and died in Topanga Canyon, California, in 2015. Collections include the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and Tate, London. Solo museum exhibitions include A Twenty-Year Survey, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (1988, traveled to Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh; and Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, through 1989); When Robots Rule: The Two-Minute Airplane Factory, Tate Britain, London (1999); Tower of Power, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna (2002); 14 Magnolia Double Lamps, South London Gallery (2006); Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium (2009); Three Ghost Ships, Portland Art Museum, OR (2011–12); Magasin III, Stockholm (2012–13); Extreme Measures, New Museum, New York (2013–14); The Master Builder, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (2014); and Ode to Santos Dumont, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2015).

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