Mark Handforth in "Rirkrit Tiravanija: A LOT OF PEOPLE"

Mark Handforth's Teak-Oak-Pine-Mahogany (2006) is included in Rirkrit Tiravanija: A LOT OF PEOPLE on view at MoMA PS1 through March 4, 2024. 

The exhibition gathers rarely seen early works of Rirkrit Tiravanija from the late 1980s and 1990s, a period in which the artist was developing a post-studio practice and introducing biographical references to highlight his experiences as an immigrant with a palpable sense of “otherness” in a Western-centric art world. These works include many original sculptures, installations, and editions, some of which have been subsequently reimagined, cast, and memorialized over the years in new materials from plaster to bronze. Formative to his early practice, Tiravanija’s concern with the politics of the personal expanded into works that tackle global politics as well as the quotidian news cycle. To make many of these works, Tiravanija has set up a studio near his home in Chiang Mai, Thailand, creating an economy of art production that is explicitly localized and collaborative.

To learn more about the exhibition, please visit the MoMA PS1 website.