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2005 Exhibitions:

Santiago Cucullu: The Fates Await (Serious Delirium, or You Will Die Tomorrow)
Dec 16,2005–Mar 12,2006
Hershmanlandia: The Art and Films of Lynn Hershman Leeson
Nov 5,2005–Jan 29,2006
Sign Language
Oct 18,2005–Jan 29,2006
150 Works of Art
Oct 1,2005–Feb 26,2006
Minus Space: Lead Pencil Studio
Aug 20,2005–Nov 20,2005
Trimpin: Phffft
Jul 2,2005–Oct 2,2005
Seeing the Unseen
Jul 2,2005–Oct 2,2005
Keith Edmier: Piano Legs I-III
Jul 2,2005–Oct 2,2005
Francis Bacon: Study for a Pope IV
Jul 2,2005–Oct 2,2005
The old Paris is no more . . .
Jun 18,2005–Oct 2,2005
2005 University of Washington MFA Thesis Exhibition
May 28,2005–Jun 12,2005
A Cup-Sized History of West Coast Ceramics
May 7,2005–Sep 25,2005
Doug Aitken: interiors
Mar 26,2005–Jul 10,2005
Playtime
Mar 11,2005–Jul 18,2005
Short Stories: Contemporary Selections
Mar 4,2005–May 1,2005
Celebrity Skin
Feb 25,2005–May 8,2005
First Glimpse
Feb 7,2005–Feb 20,2005
Axel Lieber: Release
Dec 3,2004–May 1,2005
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Nov 29,2004–Jan 23,2005
WOW: The Work of the Work
Nov 6,2004–Feb 6,2005

Hershmanlandia: The Art and Films of Lynn Hershman Leeson

North Galleries

November 5, 2005 – January 29, 2006

Image 1 / 2: Lynn Hershman Leeson. Roberta Construction Chart #1.

Image 2 / 2: Lynn Hershman Leeson. Teknolust.

“Hershmanlandia,” the exhibition, is a space both real and virtual. It is a landscape populated by the multiple female personas and agents that have embodied Lynn Hershman Leeson’s key concepts and concerns for over three decades, including Roberta Breitmore (1972 – 79) and her multiples, CybeRoberta (1995 – 98), Tillie the Telerobotic Doll (1995 – 98), Lorna (1979-82), and others. In order to better demonstrate Hershman Leeson’s central themes, “Hershmanlandia” presented these key personas and artworks in a series of feedback loops, earlier works reflecting on later incarnations, elaborations or mutations, thus making visible for the viewer Hershman Leeson’s sustained focus on several interrelated themes, including the construction of identity in relation to vision, spectacle and spectatorship, interactivity, the relationship between bodies and machines, and the shifting ideas of the real and the virtual.

Curated by Robin Held, Guest Curator

Major support for this exhibition has been provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; the Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, City of Seattle; the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation; and donors to the Henry Art Gallery Contemporary Art Fund. In-kind support is provided by Grand Hyatt Seattle, Hess Collection Winery, Pyramid Breweries, Hogue Cellars, The Stranger and KEXP 90.3 FM. Special thanks to Donald M. Hess and the Hess Collection.

Featured artists: Lynn Hershman Leeson

Image 1: Lynn Hershman Leeson. Roberta Construction Chart #1. 1975. Chromogenic print Courtesy of the artist

Image 2: Lynn Hershman Leeson. Teknolust. 2001. Feature film, 35 mm Courtesy of the artist

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