Paul Chan
1st ̶L̶i̶g̶h̶t̶
2004
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Paul Chan
1st ̶L̶i̶g̶h̶t̶
2004
Physical Qualities
Digital animation projection (color, no sound), 14:00 min.
Credit Line
Purchased with funds from the Fanny B. Thalheimer Memorial Fund, Nancy Hackerman, the Frederick R. Weisman Contemporary Art Acquisitions Endowment, the Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art, the Dr. Max Stern Trust Fund, Nancy L. Dorman and Stanley Mazaroff, Laura and Barrett Freedlander, Janet E. and Edward K. Dunn, Jr., Joanne Gold and Andrew Stern, and Michael and Ilene Salcman
Object Number
2017.35
Specially-built Windows-XP computer with program (Flash executable file); The work must remain and be supported as a Flash animation format, per the artist's intent; blue screen appearance is part of work
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2017; Greene Naftali Gallery
Momentum 5: Paul Chan, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, September 21, 2005 – January 16, 2006.
Uncertain States of America, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, and Gunnar Kvaran, Astrup Fearnley, Oslo, October 8 – December 11, 2005; Serpentine Gallery, London September 9 - October 15, 2006; Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, June 24, 2006 - September 10, 2006; Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland, November 4, 2006 – January 21, 2007; Herning Art Museum, Denmark, March 4 – June 30, 2007.
Paul Chan: 1st Light, World Class Boxing, Miami, November 2005 – March 2006
Day for Night, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum Of American Art, New York, 2006
Belief and Doubt, Aspen Art Museum, CO, 2006.
Projektion, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland, September 9 - November 26, 2006; Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austira, September 28, 2007 – January 13, 2008
Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Chrissie Iles, October 7 - November 18, 2006.
Paul Chan, Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden, October 21–December 17, 2006
New Frontier, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT, January 18-28, 2007
The Un-Homely (Phantoms Scenes in Global Society), 2nd International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, October 26, 2006 - January 8, 2007.
Paul Chan - Lights & Drawings, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, March 9 – June 10, 2007 (catalogue).
The 7 Lights, Serpentine Gallery, London, May 15 – July 1, 2007; New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, April 9 – June 29, 2008.
Fractured Figure - Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection - Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, September 5, 2007 - July 31, 2008.
10th International Istanbul Biennial, curated by Hou Hanru, September 8 – November 4, 2007.
Traces du sacré, curated by Jean de Loisy, Centre Pompidou, Paris, May 7 – August 11, 2008; Haus der Kunst, Munich, September 19, 2008 - January 11, 2009.
The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image, curated by Anne Ellegood and Kristen Hileman, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C., June 19 – September 14, 2008; CaixaForum, Madrid, 2011.
Medium Religion, ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany, November 23, 2008 - April 19, 2009.
Singular Visions, curated by Dana Miller and Scott Rothkopf, The Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York, 2010.
Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, 2011.
Paul Chan – Selected Works, Schaulager, Basel, Switzerland, 2014.
The Whitney’s Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2015-2016.
1st Light: A Decade of Collecting at the ICA, ICA Boston, 2016.
Kristen Hileman, BMA, Contemporary Wing rotation, Gallery 5, October 18, 2017 - July 2018.
Uncertain States of America, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, and Gunnar Kvaran, Astrup Fearnley, Oslo, October 8 – December 11, 2005; Serpentine Gallery, London September 9 - October 15, 2006; Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, June 24, 2006 - September 10, 2006; Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland, November 4, 2006 – January 21, 2007; Herning Art Museum, Denmark, March 4 – June 30, 2007.
Paul Chan: 1st Light, World Class Boxing, Miami, November 2005 – March 2006
Day for Night, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum Of American Art, New York, 2006
Belief and Doubt, Aspen Art Museum, CO, 2006.
Projektion, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland, September 9 - November 26, 2006; Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austira, September 28, 2007 – January 13, 2008
Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Chrissie Iles, October 7 - November 18, 2006.
Paul Chan, Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden, October 21–December 17, 2006
New Frontier, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT, January 18-28, 2007
The Un-Homely (Phantoms Scenes in Global Society), 2nd International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, October 26, 2006 - January 8, 2007.
Paul Chan - Lights & Drawings, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, March 9 – June 10, 2007 (catalogue).
The 7 Lights, Serpentine Gallery, London, May 15 – July 1, 2007; New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, April 9 – June 29, 2008.
Fractured Figure - Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection - Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, September 5, 2007 - July 31, 2008.
10th International Istanbul Biennial, curated by Hou Hanru, September 8 – November 4, 2007.
Traces du sacré, curated by Jean de Loisy, Centre Pompidou, Paris, May 7 – August 11, 2008; Haus der Kunst, Munich, September 19, 2008 - January 11, 2009.
The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image, curated by Anne Ellegood and Kristen Hileman, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C., June 19 – September 14, 2008; CaixaForum, Madrid, 2011.
Medium Religion, ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany, November 23, 2008 - April 19, 2009.
Singular Visions, curated by Dana Miller and Scott Rothkopf, The Whitney Museum of
American Art, New York, 2010.
Art Gallery New South Wales, Sydney, 2011.
Paul Chan – Selected Works, Schaulager, Basel, Switzerland, 2014.
The Whitney’s Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2015-2016.
1st Light: A Decade of Collecting at the ICA, ICA Boston, 2016.
Kristen Hileman, BMA, Contemporary Wing rotation, Gallery 5, October 18, 2017 - July 2018.
