

Childish Things Riverside Art Museum Riverside, CA. The previously recorded sound of the water being. Climates of Deception Heather Marx Gallery San Francisco, CA. Images of the artist during a performance appear on a monitor as he fills a recipient with water, part of the work, with his mouth.

'The Vapor' is an installation in which Bill Viola brigs together video, performance and public participation. Jeu de Paume, Paris Mass MoCA The Bronx Museum, NY Center for Contemporary Culture. The works featured in Liber Insularum (The Book of Islands) use this historic text as a reference point to engage with distinctly modern themes of spiritual isolation in a 21st-century global landscape. MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century ArtsRome, Italy. It aims to examine art historical narratives, flows of images. His exhibition at MOCA North Miami is inspired by The Book of the Islands of the Archipelago, authored by the Florentine ecclesiastic Cristoforo Buondelmonti in the 15th century. The exhibition is organized in collaboration with Bill Viola Studio and is curated by Roc Laseca.Īn iconic contemporary artist who draws from Eastern and Western spiritual traditions, Bill Viola is known for creating immersive video installations that explore such universally human subjects as birth, death, and the nature of consciousness. It was first shown last year at Sala de Arte Contemporaneo del Gobierno de Canarias (Spain). The exhibition is presented as part of MOCA’s Knight Exhibition Series. Bill Viola: Liber Insularum will begin its sole presentation in the United States at MOCA, North Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach, and will be on view at the museum from Decemthrough March 3, 2013. The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) North Miami has announced it will present a major exhibition of work by Bill Viola, recognized as one of the pioneers and leading practitioners of video art.
