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New York – Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller at Luhring Augustine Through June 11th, 2016

Friday, June 10th, 2016

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, The Marionette Maker (2014), all photos via Luhring Augustine Gallery

The Canadian artist duo of Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, known for their immersive installations mixing deeply sculpted sonic environments with an often theatrical narrative, are currently presenting their fourth solo exhibition with Luhring Augustine this month with two recent works: The Marionette Maker (2014) and Experiment in F# Minor (2013). (more…)

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AO On Site – New York: Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, “The Murder of Crows” at The Park Avenue Armory, through September 9th

Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

Installation view of The Murder of Crows (2008) at The Park Avenue Armory. Photo credit James Ewing.

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller’s The Murder of Crows (2008), a multidimensional installation from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Madrid, is on view at the Park Avenue Armory through September 9, and uses the venue’s massive facility to maximum dramatic effect. Known for their collaborative aural projects, as well as Cardiff’s own celebrated 40-Part Motet (2001), the Berlin- and Canada-based Cardiff/Bures Miller team produced this current work, their largest to date, at a watershed personal moment in their lives: 6 months spent in Katmandu, Nepal, attempting to adopt their daughter Aradhana, now 5. The loftiness and uncertainty of this time are expertly translated into this work, whose 98 separate speakers literally envelop the viewer and recount a “sound play.” Based on Cardiff’s own dreams, with inspiration from Goya’s The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799, from the etching series “Los Caprichos), this “play” is a mesmerizing feat that effectively conveys the sublime breadth of human nature – its nightmarish weaknesses and divine abilities.

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Go See – New York: Luhring Augustine celebrates its 25th Anniversary through June 19th, 2010

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

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George Condo, Cocktail Drinker (1995) All images via Luhring Augustine

In commemoration of their 25th anniversary, Luhring Augustine is hosting an exhibition titled, “Twenty Five.” The show pulls together works from the gallery’s past and present by artists including Janine Antoni, Nobuyoshi Araki, Janet Cardiff and Georges Bures Miller, Larry Clark, George Condo, Gregory Crewdson, William Daniels, Günter Förg, Zarina Hashmi, Johannes Kahrs, Jon Kessler, Martin Kippenberger, Ragnar Kjartansson, Luisa Lambri, Glenn Ligon, Paul McCarthy, Yasumasa Morimura, Daido Moriyama, Reinhard Mucha, David Musgrave, Cady Nolan, Alberta Oehlen, Ed Paschke, Jack Pierson, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Stephen Prina, Pipilotti Rist, Josh Smith, Joel Sternfeld, Tunga, Guido van der Werve, Rachel Whiteread, Christopher Williams, Steve Wolfe, and Christopher Wool.

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Installation view, Luhring Augustine

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