Images(3)

video

Object NameVideo

Edition

1 of 3

Artist Tamás Ábel (Hungarian, b. 1991)

Assistant Terre Nguyen

Assistant Benedek Bognár

Made FromVideo

Date2017

Place MadeHungary, Budapest; United States, Washington, DC

Accession Number2019.7.8

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

New Glass Now (TRAVEL)

New Glass Now

CA+D Reopening 2020

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Simple, direct, and beautiful, Tamás Ábel’s Colour Therapy is a powerful statement of queer presence. In this performance, Ábel used a fabricated glass mirror to reflect the rainbow flag onto the Millennium Monument in his hometown of Budapest, Hungary, and the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., bringing his subtle and resonant protest to the spiritual heart of each nation. -Susie J. Silbert Instagram: @tamasabelglass WeChat: tamasabelglass

Physical DescriptionVideo, "Colour Therapy: Washington, D.C. + Budapest". Video. 2 minute, 30 second video performance of the artist carrying his "33" Rainbow" to the monuments, the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. and the Millennium Monument in Budapest, and using sunlight to reflect an artificial rainbow on targeted areas of the monuments surfaces.
Provenance

Source Tamás Ábel (Hungarian, b. 1991) - 2017-2019-12-05