He Named Her Amber
Artist: Iris Häussler
Work ID: 80163
Description: He Named Her Amber was presented as an excavation into The Grange, the first home of the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. It told the story of an Irish 19th century maid who ostensibly hid self-made waxen artefacts in the foundations of the mansion. Visitors encountered the archaeologist’s undertaking to retrieve, assess and prepare the artefacts for an exhibition and to investigate into Amber's life. They learned after their visit that this complex project was a contemporary artwork.
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Date de réalisation : 2008-10
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Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Oeuvre d'art par Iris Häussler
ProPolis
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80155
Description: A hotel-room in Milano, Italy, was transformed into a wax cell, with wax covering the floor, the walls and the window, all furniture and the minibar. The room became isolated from noise and direct light. Visitors obtained the key for the room at the reception, as if they were checking in.
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Date de réalisation : 1993
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Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
HiddenSeams
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80162
Description: Munich, 1998. From the ongoing work of casting daily objects into wax.
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Date de réalisation : 1998
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Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Monopati
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80156
Description: Two fictitious living situations were installed simultaneously in apartments in Berlin and Munich, Germany. The keys could be obtained at a nearby gallery. Visitors encountered reactions of two elderly women to their surroundings. In Munich, the apartment overflowed with piles of plaster casts and molds of the hands and feet of young children. In Berlin, thousands of archived pieces of fabric built a collection of dust from the street. A yellowed class-photograph was seen in both apartments, hinting at a shared biography.
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Date de réalisation : 2000
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Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Monopati, detail
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80157
Description: Two fictitious living situations were installed simultaneously in apartments in Berlin and Munich, Germany. The keys could be obtained at a nearby gallery. Visitors encountered reactions of two elderly women to their surroundings. In Munich, the apartment overflowed with piles of plaster casts and molds of the hands and feet of young children. In Berlin, thousands of archived pieces of fabric built a collection of dust from the street. A yellowed class-photograph was seen in both apartments, hinting at a shared biography.
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Date de réalisation : 2000
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Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Therese Weingarten
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80158
Description: The installation in the baroque Monastery in Weingarten, Germany contained the dowry of a woman who left her homeland after the Second World War and never returned. What did come back, condensed into black embroidery on the sheets that covered the stored furniture, were her embroidered thoughts. Pulling back the sheets from the furniture, one could find personal items frozen in their time, the 1950s.
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Date de réalisation : 2004-05
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Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
The Legacy Of Joseph Wagenbach
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80160
Description: A house in Toronto, Canada was transformed into the legacy of the fictitious artist Joseph Wagenbach. It was presented to the public through archival tours hosted by the fictitious Municipal Archive. The work was perceived first as a discovery and later revealed as a contemporary art project.
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Date de réalisation : 2006
Matériaux :
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
The Legacy Of Joseph Wagenbach
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80159
Description: A house in Toronto, Canada was transformed into the legacy of the fictitious artist Joseph Wagenbach. It was presented to the public through archival tours hosted by the fictitious Municipal Archive. The work was perceived first as a discovery and later revealed as a contemporary art project.
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Date de réalisation : 2006
Matériaux :
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
The Legacy Of Joseph Wagenbach
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80161
Description: A house in Toronto, Canada was transformed into the legacy of the fictitious artist Joseph Wagenbach. It was presented to the public through archival tours hosted by the fictitious Municipal Archive. The work was perceived first as a discovery and later revealed as a contemporary art project.
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Date de réalisation : 2006
Matériaux :
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
He Named Her Amber
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80163
Description: He Named Her Amber was presented as an excavation into The Grange, the first home of the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. It told the story of an Irish 19th century maid who ostensibly hid self-made waxen artefacts in the foundations of the mansion. Visitors encountered the archaeologist’s undertaking to retrieve, assess and prepare the artefacts for an exhibition and to investigate into Amber's life. They learned after their visit that this complex project was a contemporary artwork.
Des mesures :
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2008-10
Matériaux :
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
He Named Her Amber
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80166
Description: He Named Her Amber was presented as an excavation into The Grange, the first home of the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. It told the story of an Irish 19th century maid who ostensibly hid self-made waxen artefacts in the foundations of the mansion. Visitors encountered the archaeologist’s undertaking to retrieve, assess and prepare the artefacts for an exhibition and to investigate into Amber's life. They learned after their visit that this complex project was a contemporary artwork.
Des mesures :
Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2008-10
Matériaux :
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
He Named Her Amber
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80165
Description: He Named Her Amber was presented as an excavation into The Grange, the first home of the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. It told the story of an Irish 19th century maid who ostensibly hid self-made waxen artefacts in the foundations of the mansion. Visitors encountered the archaeologist’s undertaking to retrieve, assess and prepare the artefacts for an exhibition and to investigate into Amber's life. They learned after their visit that this complex project was a contemporary artwork.
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Collection:
Date de réalisation : 2008-10
Matériaux :
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Ellen’s Gift
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80169
Description: What is left of Ellen Stanley's life are the last five sculptures that she had created during the years of her blindness. The bees-wax they are made of is darkened due to inclusions of fine soot or charcoal dust, as it had been re-used over a decade. The strange fictional bequest of this self taught artist was shown in: More Real, Art in the Age of Truthiness, at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, USA, 2013.
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Date de réalisation : 2009
Matériaux :
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Ellen’s Gift
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80168
Description: What is left of Ellen Stanley's life are the last five sculptures that she had created during the years of her blindness. The bees-wax they are made of is darkened due to inclusions of fine soot or charcoal dust, as it had been re-used over a decade. The strange fictional bequest of this self taught artist was shown in: More Real, Art in the Age of Truthiness, at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, USA, 2013.
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Date de réalisation : 2009
Matériaux :
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Honest Threads
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80167
Description: Situated in Toronto's landmark Honest Ed's, Honest Threads displayed garments and the memories they carry. Lent by Torontonians, each item held a personal story. Visitors were able to borrow the garments and wear them for a few days to "walk in someone else's shoes."
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Date de réalisation : 2009
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Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
Sophie La Rosiere
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80174
Description: Sensual erotic oil-paintings are hidden behind layers of obscuring encaustics. When these works are discovered and examined some decades later, the story of an obsessive relationship is revealed…
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Date de réalisation : 2010-ongoing
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Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
He Dreamed Overtime
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80171
Description: Two Cockatoo Island, Sydney, Australia. May 2012. Ted Wilson, a former ranger, disappears. When Stanley Dusk from IPCS (Independent Pest Control Sydney) investigates, he uncovers a story of lost love and obsession, of a man, consumed by dreams and driven by fantasy to creator peculiar, non canonical sculptures and artifacts. This installation encompassing 12 rooms in a historical building was shown in All Our Relations, 18. Biennale of Sydney. Sydney, Australia.
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Date de réalisation : 2012
Matériaux :
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
He Dreamed Overtime
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80173
Description: Two Cockatoo Island, Sydney, Australia. May 2012. Ted Wilson, a former ranger, disappears. When Stanley Dusk from IPCS (Independent Pest Control Sydney) investigates, he uncovers a story of lost love and obsession, of a man, consumed by dreams and driven by fantasy to creator peculiar, non canonical sculptures and artifacts. This installation encompassing 12 rooms in a historical building was shown in All Our Relations, 18. Biennale of Sydney. Sydney, Australia.
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Date de réalisation : 2012
Matériaux :
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
He Dreamed Overtime
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80172
Description: Two Cockatoo Island, Sydney, Australia. May 2012. Ted Wilson, a former ranger, disappears. When Stanley Dusk from IPCS (Independent Pest Control Sydney) investigates, he uncovers a story of lost love and obsession, of a man, consumed by dreams and driven by fantasy to creator peculiar, non canonical sculptures and artifacts. This installation encompassing 12 rooms in a historical building was shown in All Our Relations, 18. Biennale of Sydney. Sydney, Australia.
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Date de réalisation : 2012
Matériaux :
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
He Dreamed Overtime
Artist: Iris Häussler
ID : 80170
Description: Two Cockatoo Island, Sydney, Australia. May 2012. Ted Wilson, a former ranger, disappears. When Stanley Dusk from IPCS (Independent Pest Control Sydney) investigates, he uncovers a story of lost love and obsession, of a man, consumed by dreams and driven by fantasy to creator peculiar, non canonical sculptures and artifacts. This installation encompassing 12 rooms in a historical building was shown in All Our Relations, 18. Biennale of Sydney. Sydney, Australia.
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Date de réalisation : 2012
Matériaux :
Collection virtuelle : Original CCCA
