Security by Julia XLVI Julia Scher
September 20—November 9, 2002

Security by Julia XLVI Julia Scher

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Julia Scher
Julia Scher, Security By Julia XLVI, 2002. Exhibition view: Security by Julia XLVI, Schipper & Krome, Berlin, 2002. Photo © Howard Sheronas

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US-American media artist Julia Scher's present installation consists of a chain-link-fence construction supplied with street lamps, loudspeakers, 'security blankets' and different devices of surveillance equipment. In this installation Scher combines objects relating an infantile need for protection and security to an aesthetic of exclusion. The ambivalence of a demand for protection and its turning into control is traumatically made clear. The three imposing fence elements evoke a sense of security when seen as tools for...
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Julia Scher

Julia Scher was born in 1954 in Hollywood, California. The artist has taught and lectured at a number of institutions including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Cooper Union for Art and...