VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

Anya Tish Gallery is delighted to announce the first Houston solo exhibition of New York-based Swiss artist, Katja Loher: Sculpting in Time. The Artist will be present at the exhibition’s opening reception Friday, October 23rd, 6:00 to 9:00 PM. On view October 23 – November 28, 2009.

Working in several different mediums and with a number of collaborators from around the world, Loher’s explorations of language and visual form come together in an assemblage of present technologies and dramatic sculptures. Katja’s video sculptures, shown internationally from China to Europe, explore the complex relationship between humanity and nature through a bird’s eye view of choreographed movements of uniformed crowds performing tasks that formerly occurred in nature without human interference.

The sphere-like works transform the gallery into a liminal space in which the video sculptures float effortlessly like planetary objects around an anthropomorphic sun, evoking themes of existence as well as mortality.