Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

Born 1965 in Strasbourg, France. Lives and works in Paris.
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Panoramism and the Abstract Sector, 2022
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Panoramism and the Abstract Sector, 2022

Introduction

An experimental artist based in Paris, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster has, since 1990, been exploring the different modalities of sensory and cognitive relationships between bodies and spaces, real or fictitious, up to the point of questioning the distance between organic and inorganic life.

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Selected works

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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Alienarium 5 (Neon), 2022

with John Morgan studio
Neon
34.4 x 178 cm
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Panoramism and the Abstract Sector II, 2022

UV pigment print on hand-primed linen

315 x 250 cm
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Panoramism and the Abstract Sector IV, 2022

UV pigment print on hand-primed linen

315 x 250 cm
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Panoramism and the Abstract Sector, 2022

UV pigment print on hand-primed linen, carpet, set of 20 cushions

315 x 250 cm (each, 12 parts)
315 x 1910 x 955 cm (overall)
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Panoramism and the Abstract Sector (Group 4), 2022

Set of 3 cushions: printed textile, foam

50 x 33,3 x 5 cm, 50 x 44 x 5 cm

50 x 39,3 x 5 cm
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Panoramism and the Abstract Sector (Group 6), 2022

Set of 4 cushions: printed textile, foam

50 x 34,5 x 5 cm, 50 x 31,3 x 5 cm,

60 x 42,2 x 5 cm, 50 x 32,6 x 5 cm
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Panoramism and the Abstract Sector VIII, 2022
UV pigment print on hand-primed linen
315 x 250 cm (124 x 98 3/8 in)
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Panoramism and the Abstract Sector III, 2022
UV pigment print on hand-primed linen

315 x 250 cm
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
CINEMA (QM.15), 2016

HD video, projector, Plexiglas screen, media player, amplifier, speakers
200 x 300 cm (projection screen)
Duration 08:10 min
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Lola Montez in Berlin, 2015

HD video (color, sound)
Duration 03:58 min
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Otello 1887, 2015
HD video (color, sound)
Duration 25:31 min
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Old Dream (Text Piece), 2012

Vinyl letters
300 x 365 cm, text
350 x 450 cm, installation area
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Belle Comme le Jour, 2012
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster & Tristan Bera
Film environment
HD film (Blu-Ray transfer, colour, French with English subtitles), single-channel HD video projector, screen, benches, curtain, wall with 3 posters, peephole
13:00 min
Film Environment
HD Film (Blu-Ray Transfer, Farbe, französisch mit englischen Untertiteln), Einzelkanal HD Videoprojektor, Leinwand, Bänke, Vorhang, Wand mit 3 Postern, Guckloch
13:00 Min
Variable
Minimum and maximum space installation size to be discussed with the artist
Variabel
Mindest- und maximale Größe in Abstimmung mit der Künstlerin
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Exotourisme, 2002

Neon, paint on wall
300 x 200 cm (wall area), 20 x 101,9 cm (neon)
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Riyo, 1999

35 mm film (color, stereo sound, Japanese with English subtitles, format 4:3)
Duration: 10:00 minutes
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Le Désert Rouge, 1991/2015

Colored carpet and metal fixture
Approx. 20 x 200 x 240 cm
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Untitled, 1987/2015

Aluminum objects, survival blanket
140 x 220 cm, blanket
3 x 17 x 17 cm each, 8 plates
5 x 6 x 6 cm each, 5 cups
6 x 12 x 12 cm each, 2 bowls
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Untitled, 1987/2015

Plastic red buckets and white architect lamps
15 buckets: 25 x 26 x 26 cm each
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Untitled (Green), 1986/2015

Column and wall surface with carpeting
Height 300 cm, ø 55cm (column)
300 x 200 cm (carpet)
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Gallery Exhibitions

Panoramism and the Abstract Sector Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

Panoramism and the Abstract Sector

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Esther Schipper is pleased to present Panoramism and the Abstract Sector, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s tenth solo exhibition with the gallery. On view will be a captivating environment that includes a 30-meter long 180°-degree curved panorama, especially conceived for the exhibition, its...
October 28—December 23, 2022
Esther Schipper | Berlin
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External Exhibitions

Portrait of a Collection. Works from the Pinault Collection With Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Anri Sala and Anicka Yi

Portrait of a Collection. Works from the Pinault Collection

With Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Anri Sala and Anicka Yi
September 4—November 23, 2024
SONGEUN Art and Cultural Foundation
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Featured stories

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Dominique Gonzalez Foerster nominated for SETI Institute Art and AI Residency

SETI Institute
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Turin’s Pinacoteca Agnelli has become a world-class art space Financial Times
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Turin’s Pinacoteca Agnelli has become a world-class art space

Financial Times
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster in Numéro Magazine
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Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster in Numéro Magazine

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Noemi Smolik reviews Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Panoramism and the Abstract Sector at Esther Schipper, Berlin Artforum
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Noemi Smolik reviews Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Panoramism and the Abstract Sector at Esther Schipper, Berlin

Artforum
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Replicante: a concert by Exotourisme Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Julien Perez
Serpentine Pavilion

Replicante: a concert by Exotourisme

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Julien Perez
Serpentine presents a concert by Exotourisme, the final live programme for Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s exhibition, Alienarium 5. Exotourisme is a musical, vocal and visual rift in the glittering electro-pop galaxy. The collaborative duo...
Tuesday August 30, 2022, 8pm
Christophe…définitivement, directed by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster & Ange Leccia
75th Festival de Cannes 2022

Christophe…définitivement, directed by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster & Ange Leccia

Esther Schipper congratulates Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Ange Leccia, directors of the film Christophe... définitivement, included in the Official Selection of 75th Festival de Cannes, 2022. Christophe... définitivement Cinema de la Plage (open-air...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 9.30pm
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Alienarium 5
Serpentine Galleries, London

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Alienarium 5

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster Alienarium 5 Serpentine South Gallery Serpentine Galleries, Kensington Gardens London W2 3XA April 14 – September 4, 2022 www.serpentinegalleries.org What if aliens were in love with us? What would change?...
Serpentine Galleries, Kensington Gardens, London
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster – OPERA (QM.15)
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection, Paris

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster – OPERA (QM.15)

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster OPERA (QM.15) Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection, Paris April 6 – August 31, 2022 www.pinaultcollection.com OPERA (QM.15), 2016, by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, takes up residence in Gallery 3 of the...
April 6 – August 31, 2022
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster at Vienna Secession
Vienna Secession, Vienna

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster at Vienna Secession

For her exhibition VOLCANIC EXCURSION (A VISION) at the Vienna Secession, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster has conceived an environment that addresses the specific site while also reflecting on the extraordinary time of a global pandemic. Invoking...
July 2 – September 5, 2021
LUMA Arles
LUMA Arles, Arles

LUMA Arles

With Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala, and Tino Sehgal. LUMA Arles, a 27-acre creative campus at the Parc des Ateliers in the city of Arles, opened to the public on June 26. Work...
From June 26, 2021
Artist Talk with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
4th Verbier Art Summit, Bagnes

Artist Talk with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

Artist Talk 4th Verbier Art Summit, Bagnes January 31, 2020, 4:50 pm The 2020 Verbier Art Summit will ask how to envision a way forward in finding harmony between art, ecology and...
January 31, 2020, 4:50 pm
Artist Talk with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
KHM – Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln, Cologne

Artist Talk with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

Artist talk with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster Introduction by Julia Scher For more information click HERE.
November 28, 2019, 7 pm
Film Screening with Dominique Gonzales-Foerster and Philippe Parreno
Bar Laika, 224 Greene Ave, Brooklyn, New York

Film Screening with Dominique Gonzales-Foerster and Philippe Parreno

e-flux video rental at Bar Laika by e-flux presents: Dominique Gonzales-Foerster and Philippe Parreno Thursday, November 7, 2019, 9pm Film Screenings: Philippe Parreno, The Boy From Mars, 2003 Dominique González-Foerster, Plages, 2001...
Thursday, November 7, 9 pm
More–Than–Humans with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster & Tomás Saraceno
El Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

More–Than–Humans with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster & Tomás Saraceno

September 25 – December 1, 2019
Dominique Gonzalez Foerster – Helen & Gordon / Marienbad électrique
Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole, Metz

Dominique Gonzalez Foerster – Helen & Gordon / Marienbad électrique

As part of a joint commission from the Centre Pompidou Metz and the Opera de Paris, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster imagines a new 'apparition', entitled Marienbad électrique at the Metz Metropole Opera-Theater, taking place on...
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster & Anri Sala at Centre Pompidou-Metz
Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster & Anri Sala at Centre Pompidou-Metz

Opera as the World is a journey through the history of opera in the 20th and 21st centuries, and specifically its relations with the visual arts. Anything but a conventional reading of its...
June 22, 2019 – January 27, 2019
May You Live in Interesting Times with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Tomás Saraceno and Hito Steyerl
58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Venice

May You Live in Interesting Times with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Tomás Saraceno and Hito Steyerl

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Tomás Saraceno and The Work of Hito Steyerl, are participating in the 58th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, May You Live in Interesting Times, curated by Ralph...
May 11 – November 24, 2019
Concert with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster in collaboration with Julien Perez
Greengo, Palace Hotel, Palacestrasse 28, Gstaad

Concert with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster in collaboration with Julien Perez

A live concert with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster in collaboration with Julien Perez as part of Elevation1049: Frequencies in Gstaad.
February 1, 2019, 7:30 – 8:45pm
Conversation with Enrique Vila-Matas and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Whitechapel Gallery, London

Conversation with Enrique Vila-Matas and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

Join long-time friends – the renowned Spanish novelist Enrique Vila-Matasand artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster – for a conversation celebrating the first in a year of displays from la Caixa Collection of Contemporary Art. Read more about the...
January 17 2019, 7pm
Kunsthalle for Music featured in The New York Times
News

Kunsthalle for Music featured in The New York Times

Kunsthalle for Music at Witte de With in Rotterdam was the subject of a recent feature by Nina Siegal in the New York Times. Led by Artistic Director Ari Benjamin Meyers, this exhibition includes...
January 24, 2018
FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Cleveland

FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

We congratulate Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Tino Sehgal for their inclusion in the upcoming FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art. FRONT's first edition, titled An American City: Eleven Cultural Exercises, will run from July 14, 2018 through September 30,...
July 14 – September 30, 2018
Messe Basel Auditorium

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster Included In Art Basel Conversations

June 16, 11:30 Am
Shanghai Project Chapter 2: Seeds of Time, with Liam Gillick and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Shanghai

Shanghai Project Chapter 2: Seeds of Time, with Liam Gillick and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

Performance by Researchers April 22, 2017 at 6pm
April 22 – July 30, 2017
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Films

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Panoramism and the Abstract Sector Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

Panoramism and the Abstract Sector

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster

Watch as Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster takes you through Panoramism and the Abstract Sector and talks about the 180° 30 meters-long panorama installed in the gallery on occasion of her tenth solo exhibition.

 

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Publications

Frog Numéro 16 Fall Winter 2016-2017

Frog Numéro 16

Fall Winter 2016-2017
Edited by Eric Troncy and Stéphanie Moisdon, Frog is an international art and architecture magazine. Published in October 2016 this issue features: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Jim Shaw, Alex Israel / Bret Easton Ellis,...
2016
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