The Mirror #1-11
Doug Aitken's *The Mirror #1-11* is a multi-part work that explores themes of reflection, perception, and the fragmented nature of identity and landscape. Through its series of eleven components, the piece invites viewers to consider how images and environments are distorted, duplicated, and reinterpreted through the act of mirroring. Aitken's signature interest in time, movement, and the relationship between humanity and its surroundings permeates the work's layered visual experience.
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- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
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Under the Influence
March 8, 2013
Artists in conversation
Olafur Eliasson
Danish-Icelandic · b. 1967
Eliasson creates large scale installations that use mirrors, light, and reflective surfaces to fragment perception and immerse viewers in distorted versions of their environment, directly mirroring Aitken's exploration of reflected landscapes and identity.
Dan Graham
American · b. 1942
Graham's pavilion works and video installations use two way mirrors and reflective glass to investigate how viewers perceive themselves within fragmented spatial and social environments, echoing the conceptual and introspective qualities central to The Mirror series.
Anish Kapoor
British-Indian · b. 1954
Kapoor's highly polished reflective sculptures distort and duplicate the surrounding landscape and viewer simultaneously, engaging the same themes of mirrored perception, fragmented identity, and the conceptual tension between self and environment found in Aitken's work.
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