Unpacking the Collection: Collecting PrintsInside
North Galleries
April 13, 1997 – June 29, 1997
Sheryl Conkelton brought together works by artists from the United States and abroad who create physical and metaphorical investigations of interior states of being, for the gallery’s inaugural exhibition, “Inside”. Installations created a space to inhabit, an ‘inside,’ and the Henry’s new 6,500-square-foot South Gallery provided a remarkable environment for large-scale installations by contemporary artists.
The works in “Inside” overtly explored various states of interiority: confinement and release (Kabakov’s 10 Characters); the invisible made visible (Hatoum’s Corps Etranger); a nostalgia for a remembered past (Bourgeois’ Cell II); the disorientation of shattered or constantly shifting space (Samaras’ Mirror Corner); and the reinscription of the gallery space itself as interior (Gober’s Prison Window.)