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The Hirshhorn’s “Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950”

December 5, 2013 By Caroline Space Leave a Comment

Jeff Wall, The Destroyed Room, 1978. Glenstone.
Jeff Wall, The Destroyed Room, 1978. Glenstone.

Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950 at the Hirshhorn spans from World War II to the present, covering the destructive theme through artistic interpretation. The enormous exhibit can be broken down into media types: installation, new media, painting, and photography. The first time I visited, I focused on the video art to see how new media plays a role in how we understand destruction. During my last visit, I looked at how the photographs act as virtual realities of devastation. Aside from a few pieces — Arnold Odermatt’s series of car crashes and Gordon Matta-Clark’s “Window Blown Out” from 1976 — the images are enormous. It felt as if I could walk into each chaotic environment I was looking at. But the photographs also call to question its function as a medium.

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Filed Under: Review Tagged With: Ai Weiwei, Arnold Odermatt, art, Damage Control, Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950, Destruction, fine art, Gordon Matta-Clark, Jeff Wall, Luc Delahaye, review, Thomas Demand, Thomas Ruff, Walead Beshty

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