Selected Exhibitions
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CAMERAS

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
258 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
aldrichart.org

21 June 2009 -- 16 September 2009

ABOUT THE SHOW:

Examining years of obsession with cameras from 1974 to 2009, CAMERAS is the first exhibition that explores Sachs' fascination with these modern objects. The show includes replicas, functioning cameras, and related objects made from foamcore, bronze, wood, steel, clay, and plastic.

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SPACE PROGRAM: A complete trip to the moon and back. Elaborate systems and processes yielded a large body of work as well as a compelling demonstration at Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills,California September 2007.

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LOGJAM details the working and living environments of the Tom Sachs world. Included are workstations, toolboxes, and other items that reveal the ubiquity of bricolage in Tom's life and showcase the process that has driven his work as an artist.

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Lists, pesticides, air conditioners -- these are all items we use to manipulate and comprehend the world we live in. ISLANDIA is a collection of such objects that pervade modern life and culture.

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The Fondazione Prada holds a retrospective of Tom's work, including a few new large works made specifically for the show. These include The Island, a replica of the Enterprise CVN bridge, and Balaenoptera Musculus, a foam core whale inspired by the Museum of Natural History's famous model.

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Oslo's Museum of Modern Art holds a survey of Tom's work up to 2004.

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Themes of space and modern technology pervade Tom's second exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac Galerie in Paris.