Rachel Harrison
° 1966, New York (US) – lives and works in New York (US)
Rachel Harrison is an American visual artist who is primarily known for her assemblage work and sculpture, sometimes layering abstract forms with industrially manufactured elements. She combines a wide range of mediums including photography, painting, sculpture, video, installation and architectural interventions, thus creating kaleidoscopic fields of visual sensation and cultural references.
Grotesque and funny, Harrison’s humor derives from its carefully structured, yet open-ended suggestion, each element building up to a plausible punch line. Using visual language as a subversive tool, Harrison parodies expected comparison to artists such as Franz West and Paul McCarthy, appropriating styles and motifs with subtle knowingness, wielding artistic process as a mode of investigation.
Rachel Harrison – Hoarders, 2012
Rachel Harrison – Alexander the Great, 2007
Rachel Harrison – Untitled, 2012
Rachel Harrison – 2 a.m. 2nd Ave.,1996 (Photo by Oren Slor)
RachelHarrison – XLT-Footbed, 2013
Rachel Harrison had solo exhibitions including shows at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Regen Projects, Los Angeles and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco. Her work has been shown in several group exhibitions such as in the Serralves Museum, Porto; V.A.C. Foundation, Moscow; Ludwig Forum Aachen, Aachen; Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris; Tate Modern, London; Picasso Museum, Barcelona; Palais de Tokyo, Paris and Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy.
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Rachel Harrison – installation view at Whitney, New York, 2019–20 (Photo by Ron Amstutz)
Rachel Harrison – installation view at Whitney, New York, 2019–20 (Photo by Ron Amstutz)
Rachel Harrison – installation view at Whitney, New York, 2019–20 (Photo by Ron Amstutz)
Rachel Harrison – The Help, installation view at Greene Naftali, 2012
