Debora Hirsch
- Biography
- Bibliography
- Artworks
- Solo exhibitions
- Group exhibitions
Debora Hirsch nasce a San Paolo (BR) nel 1967. Vive e lavora tra Milano e San Paolo.
Debora Hirsch è interessata a esplorare come le strutture del potere possano essere sottili, insidiose e impercettibili, oltre che brutali e invasive, spaziando dalle dinamiche storiche di colonizzazione, al controllo tecnologico, alle dinamiche che agiscono a livello personale.
Alcuni temi chiave ricorrono nelle opere di Debora Hirsch, come l'antropologia contemporanea, le interrelazioni inosservate e le realtà nascoste, l'influenza dei media e della tecnologia sulla cultura e la società, definendo la natura multidisciplinare della sua pratica artistica. Sebbene il suo lavoro sia spesso concettuale e di appropriazione - raccoglie immagini da archivi, vecchi libri, mondo digitale, arte e una varietà di media - costruisce il proprio immaginario e la propria prospettiva attraverso una concezione metafisica dell'arte.
Il suo linguaggio visivo spesso invita deliberatamente gli spettatori a indagare e a riconsiderare le loro azioni e la loro esistenza. Il suo metodo preferito per la produzione di disegni, dipinti, video, siti web, installazioni e oggetti è quello di progredire per associazioni e deduzioni. Le opere di Debora Hirsch sono spesso istantanee elaborate di un'indagine in corso che include teorie, congetture, reinterpretazioni di segni su realtà apparentemente irrilevanti, interconnessioni nascoste e somiglianze tra mondi e tempi lontani.
Il suo lavoro fa parte di alcune collezioni pubbliche e private come il MOCAK Museum Of Contemporary Art di Cracovia (PO), MuBe Museu Brasileiro da Escultura e Ecologia (BR), Casa Testori (IT), Fondation Francès (FR), Benetton (IT), Arte Mondadori (IT), Collezione Ernesto Esposito (IT), Collezione AGI Verona (IT), Collezione Banca Monte dei Paschi (IT), Museo Premio Suzzara (IT), Collezione VR Vittorio Rappa (IT), Fondazione Rivoli2, Milano (IT), Hutchinson Modern, NY (USA), Museo BoCs (IT).
Debora Hirsch was born in São Paulo (BR) in 1967. Lives and works between Milan and São Paulo.
Debora Hirsch is mainly interested in exploring how the structures of power can be subtle, insidious, and imperceptible, as well as brutal and invasive, ranging from historic colonizing dynamics and its legacy, technological control to dynamics acting at a personal level.
Some key themes recur throughout Debora Hirsch's artworks, such as contemporary anthropology, unnoticed interrelationships and concealed realities, the influence of media and technology on culture and society, defining the multidisciplinary nature of her practice. Although her artwork is often conceptual and appropriative, gathering visuals from archives, old books, digital world, art, and a variety of media, she builds her own imagery and perspective through a metaphysical conception of art.
Her visual language often deliberately invites viewers to investigate and reconsider their actions and existence. Progressing by associations and deductions is her favored method in the production of drawings, paintings, videos, websites, installations, and objects. Debora Hirsch's artworks are often elaborated snapshots of an ongoing inquiry that includes theories, conjectures, re-interpreting signs about apparently unimportant realities, hidden interconnections, and similarities between distant worlds and times.
Her work is included in some public and private collections such as MOCAK Museum Of Contemporary Art in Krakow (PO), MuBe Museu Brasileiro da Escultura e Ecologia (BR), Casa Testori, (IT), Fondation Francès (FR), Benetton (IT), Arte Mondadori (IT), Ernesto Esposito Collection (IT), AGI Verona Collection (IT), Monte dei Paschi Bank Collection (IT), Museo Premio Suzzara (IT), VR Vittorio Rappa Collection (IT), Fondazione Rivoli2, Milano (IT), Hutchinson Modern, NY (USA), BoCs Museum (IT).
Education
MSc Industrial Engineering, University of São Paulo, Brazil
MBA, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Art Residencies
Artist-in-residence at Bocs curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio, Cosenza (2019), Italy
Artist-in-residence at AnnexB, New York (2019), USA
Artist-in-residence at RU Residency Unlimited, New York (2018), USA
Awards
Nominated for the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation's (CIFO) Grants and Commissions Program 2019-2020
Catalogues
2021
Até aqui, curated by Giuseppe Frangi, texts: Giuseppe Frangi, publisher: Boccanera Gallery, Trento, Italy
2020
Debora Hirsch, issue n. 24, Texts: Hutchinson Modern team, Publisher: Locus-t Magazine
Paralello42, 2020, curated by Mariantonietta Firmani, Italy, Texts: Marina Abramovic, Vanessa Beecroft, Regina José Galindo, Debora Hirsch, Publisher: Paralello42, 2020, Italy
Mirandola, La Citta’ Ideale, Texts: Beatrice Audrito and Davide Sarchioni
2018
Panorama Punjab, Texts: Sarah Singh, Editor: Panorama Punjab, India
2017
Dreams & Dramas. Law as Literature,
Texts: Agnieszka Killian, Ernst Bloch, Karla Holloway, Jasper Verlinden, Bruno Latour and others Editor: ngbk, Germany
Art in Art, Sztuka W Sztuce Texts: Delfina Jalowik, Monika Koziol, Maria Anna Potocka, Editor: MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland
Le immagini reinvenate, CAP Centro Arti Plastiche, Texts: Lucila Meloni and others , Editor: ETS
Cortesie per gli Ospiti, Palazzo Colicola Arti Visive, Texts: Gianluca Marziani Editor: Carlo Cambi
2016
Medicine in Art
, Texts: Delfina Jalowik, Jürgen Kaumkötter, Monika Koziol, Maria Anna Potocka Editor: MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland
2015
Gender in Art
, Texts: Delfina Jalowik, Jürgen Kaumkötter, Monika Koziol, Maria Anna Potocka Editor: MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland
2014
Crime in Art,
Texts: Delfina Jalowik, Monika Koziol, Maria Anna Potocka
Editor: MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland
2012
Response Art Forum, 2020, New York
Popism, Fondazione Michetti, Texts: Luca Beatrice, Editor: Vallecchi
2010
Framed
, Texts: Antonio Somaini, Maggie Cardelús, Iaia Filiberti, Debora Hirsch Editor: Charta, Italy
2009
Debora Hirsch BR-101, Fondazione Olivetti, Texts: Gabi Scardi, Interview: Maria Alicata Editor: Nero, Italy
Debora Hirsch, Akros Bank , Texts: Danilo Eccher, Maria Rosa Sossai, Gianni Romano, Cristiana Perrella and others Editor: Giancarlo Politi Editore, Palazzo Forti, Italy
2008
Palazzo Forti Palazzo Forti. La Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Verona, Publisher: Marsilio Editore, 2008, Italy
15a Quadriennale d'Arte di Roma , Texts: Chiara Bertola, Lorenzo Canova, Bruno Corá, Daniela Lancioni, Claudio Spadoni Editor: Marsilio
Dizionario Enciclopedico dell'Arte, Editor: Mondadori
Design for Art / Il Progetto per l'Arte, Marco Della Torre, Texts: Germano Celant Editor: Logos
Dagli anni '80 in poi: il mondo dell'arte contemporanea in Italia, Text: Giulio Ciavoliello , Editor: artshow edizioni-juliet editrice
Enciclopedia dell'Arte Zanichelli. Editor: Zanichelli
Articles
2021
Debora Hirsch, Firmamento, Exibart, Mila Tenaglia, Italy
Debora Hirsch: Firmamento @Hutchinson Gallery, NY, Art Forum and Artobserved Instagram
2020
Bound Up Together, Smack Mellon, NY, Flash Art, Raffaela Perna, Italy
La citta’ Ideale, Artslife, Eleonora Savorelli
La Citta’ Ideale, Mirandola, Exibart, Davide Sivioli, Italy
CURRENTS: An Overwhelming Response Artland, New York, USA
A.I.R. GalleryCURRENTS: An Overwhelming Response Art Forum, New York, USA
L’INIZIATIVA / Parole e pensieri “Corpo” Il Giorno, Italy
2019
Arte al feminile, AD, Daniela Ambrosio, Italy
Firmamento. Interview with Debora Hirsch Whitehot Magazine, Mark Bloch, New York, USA
Colonialism and Digital Colonialism. Interview with Debora Hirsch, Artribune, Francesca Francone, Italy
Palermo, Manifesta the place to be in 2019, Vogue, Italy
Ecoshifters, Cult+, Switzerland
Contemporanee / Contemporanei, Segno
Scivias, Il Sole 24 Ore, Marina Mojana
Scivias @ Lisi Hämmerle, Artribune, Giulia Ronchi
2017
Debora Hirsch, Firmamento @ MARS, ATP Diary, Rossella Moratto
Dreams & Dramas. Law as Literature, Hyperallergic, New York, USA
Interview with Jacqueline Ceresoli, Stile
2016
Debora Hirsch, donotclickthru, Mousse Magazine
Debora Hirsch, donotclickthru, Flash Art, Rossella Moratto
Donotclickthru di Debora Hirsch, Artwort, Felice Moramarco
Donotclickthru, Artribune, Ginevra Bria
Debora Hirsch, donotclikthru, Digicult
Donotclickthru, Exibart, Micol Balaban Interview with Alberto Pala, Forme Uniche
Medicine in Art, Il Sole 24 Ore, Marina Mojana
2012
Debora Hirsch: Stories, Wall Street International
2010
Interview with Debora Hirsch. Corriere Della Sera, Francesca Bonazzoli
2009
Paris Artistique, Vogue, France
2008
The best of quality, numero da collezione, Architectural Digest
Debora Hirsch
Firmamento (pelourinho), 2021
acrylic and oil pencil on canvas, 186 x 110 cm
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Firmamento (boots and stick), 2021
acrylic and oil pencil on canvas, 110 x 110 cm
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Firmamento (ashes), 2021
acrylic and oil pencil on canvas, 88 x 88 cm
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Firmamento (compass), 2021
acrylic and oil pencil on canvas, 110 x 110 cm
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Firmamento (pedestals), 2021
acrylic and oil pencil on canvas, 86 x 130 cm
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Firmamento (river veins), 2021
acrylic and oil pencil on canvas, 81 x 81 cm
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Firmamento (wood), 2020
acrylic and oil pencil on canvas, 88 x 88 cm
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Firmamento (pintura de forro), 2020
oil, acrylics and pencil on canvas, 87 x 87 cm
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Firmamento (riverrun), 2019
acrylic and ink on canvas, 111 x 183 cm
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Firmamento (Dalet), 2018
acrylic and ink on canvas, 86 x 130 cm
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Limite (uomo), 2012
oil on canvas, 120 x 160 cm
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Limite (barco), 2012
oil on canvas, 120 x 160 cm
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BR 101 (a view from inside the car), 2008
lambda print, plexiglass, 60 x 100 cm
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So What (Jack Kirby and Jackson Pollock), 2008
oil on canvas, 150 x 300 cm each
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Firmamento (flag), 2021
acrylics and oil pencil on canvas, 132 x 50 cm each
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Firmamento (man over nature), 2021
acrylics and oil pencil on canvas, 88 x 88 cm
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Binary Fresco, 2021
digital video and animation, 3'49''
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Firmamento (natural history), 2021
acrylics and oil pencil on canvas, 86 x 130 cm
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Firmamento (key 2), 2021
acrylics and oil pencil on canvas, 90 x 90 cm
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Planet, 2021
digital video and animation, 5'29''
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Firmamento (corner tiles), 2020
acrylics and oil pencil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm
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Firmamento, 2019
digital video and animation, 6'
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The Iconography of Silence (ipv - sentences), 2019
mirror, video monitor, plexiglass box, 31 x 38 cm
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Firmamento (bare dome), 2019
acrylic and ink on canvas, 86 x 130 cm
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Donotclickthru (insomnia), 2016
oil on canvas, 57 x 70 cm
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Limite (porta), 2012
oil on canvas, 120 x 150 cm
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BR 101 (oasis), 2008
lambda print, plexiglass, 71 x 110 cm
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BR 101 (three boys), 2008
lambda print, plexiglass, 100 x 70 cm
2021
Até aqui, Boccanera Gallery, Milano, Italy
Até aqui, Boccanera Gallery, Trento, Italy
Firmamento, Hutchinson Gallery, New York, USA
2019
Scivias, Galerie Lisi Hämmerle, Bregenz, Austria
2017
Firmamento, MARS Milan Artist Run Space, Milan, Italy
2016
Andata e Ritorno, Palazzo Della Ragione, Verona, Italy
Donotclickthru, Galleria Pack, Milan, Italy
2014
Ida e Volta, MuBE Museu Brasileiro da Escultura e Ecologia, São Paulo, Brazil
2013
Framed, Bernice Steinbaum project room, Miami, USA
2012
Limite, MuBE Museu Brasileiro da Escultura e Ecologia, São Paulo, Brazil
2009
BR 101, Fondazione A. Olivetti, Rome - Italy
2023
FIAT LUX, Museo Diocesano, Noto, Italy
2022
Nel grembo materno, Boccanera Gallery, Trento, Italy
Trame sacre, curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio, Duomo di Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
2021
BLAST, ex Palazzo delle Poste, Verona, Italy
PRESENTE (IM)PERFETTO, Centro Civico Culturale, Treviglio, Italy
Art Feeds on Art, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow MOCAK, Krakow, Poland
BLAST Estetiche della Violenza, ex Palazzo delle Poste, Verona, Italy
Corpoacorpoacorpo, C.S.O.A. COX18, Italy
2020
Bound up Together, Smack Mellon, New York, USA
La Cittá Ideale (public art), Mirandola, Italy
CURRENTS: An Overwhelming Response, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, USA
L’indifferente, Boccanera Gallery online
L'Arte non si ferma by Fondazione Luca e Katia Tomassini, Orvieto, Italy
WOMAHR, Palazzo Gil Fondazione Molise Cultura, Campobasso and Palazzo de' Mayo, Chieti, Italy
2019
Libere Tutte, Casa Testori, Novate Milanese, Italy
Contemporanei/Contemporanee, Polo Santa Marta, AGI Verona Collection, Verona, Italy
The Iconography of Silence (talk), Hutchinson Modern, New York, USAEco Shifters, Fondazione La Fabbrica Del Cioccolato, Torre, Switzerland
Eco Shifters, Carriage Trade, New York, USA
Chants d'amour, Galerie Dix9, Paris, France
Il Crepaccio by Caroline Corbetta
Somewhere Under a Vast Solid Dome (special project), Dix9, Paris, France
All Year Round, Palazzo Collacchioni, Capalbio, Italy
Belvedere, Teatro dei Fauni, Locarno, Switzerland
Scivias, Galerie Lisi Hämmerle, Bregenz, Austria
Video Formes, Festival International D'Arte Numériques, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2018
Welcome to the Anthropocene!, riss(e), Varese, Italy
Panorama Punjab in association with WBX Out of the Box, New York, USA
Fugitive Designs, RU Residency Unlimited, New York, USA
WunderMoRE, MAXXI National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome, Italy
BelVedere, MIART @MARS, Milan, Italy
Panorama Punjab, Qila Mubarak, Patiala, Indonesia
2017
Dreams & drama. Law as literature, nGbK, Berlin, Germany
Art in Art, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
Il volto che cambia, MIDeC, Laveno, Italy
Arte contro la corruzione, Casa Testori, Novate Milanese, Italy
Drawings from Lightning, Madeinbritaly, London, United Kingdom
Cortesie per gli ospiti, Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive, Spoleto, Italy
2016
Fateful Space, WhiteBox, New York, USA
Before Nightfall, Anthology Film Archives, New York, USA
Medicine in Art, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
Andata e Ritorno, Palazzo Della Ragione, Verona, Italy
2015
Imago Mundi, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
E Il Topo, Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market, AplusA, Venice, Italy
Gender in Art, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
YIMBY - Yes in My Back Yard, Galleria Il Chiostro Arte Contemporanea, Saronno, Italy
World Academy, Project for EXPO 2015, Piazza Citta’ di Lombardia, Milan, Italy
2014
Framed, Galleria d'Arte Moderna Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy
Crime in Art, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
2013
Premio Michetti, Fondazione Michetti, Francavilla al Mare, Italy
Biennale Adriatica Roncaglia XXXII, Passato prossimo, San felice sul Panaro, Italy
2012
MAP project, EX3, Firenze, Italy
2011
Quelli che restano, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy
MAP project, MAGA Museum, Gallarate, Italy
Invisibilia, GAMC Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy
2010
Framed book and video, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Framed, 100 round trips to Hollywood, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy
Framed, GAMC Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy
2009
Nuovi pittori della realtà, PAC Padiglione d’ Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
XV Quadriennale di Roma, Palazzo delle Esposizione, Rome, Italy