Wendy Hirschberg

"With this work, I have peeled back the exterior shells of structures - cars, planes, subways, schools, hospitals, offices - and restated their interior space in a new context. The opened up construction allows the viewer to mentally walk within, to be inside the space before noticing what is missing. I chose to reveal my fasteners and to construct work simply."

"I respond strongly to the distinctive camera angles in Hitchcock films, used as well in Charlotte Salomon's painted representations of the apartment buildings of her childhood - where one can see through the facade and floor to all the levels below. Images of Ferris wheels, roller coasters, horse carriages, cars and historical aviation imagery are also sources."

"I am interested in the site of conversations - what might take place inside a car, an office lobby or a plane - and in waiting."


Site: No. 4 2001	Incident: No. 16 2000	Solo 2001	Installation shot 2001	Incident: No. 9 8.5" x 9.5" x 7.5" 2000	Incident: No. 19 2001

Incident: No. 8 6" x 4" x 8" 2000	Incident: No. 15 15" x 9" x 10" 2001	Site: No. 4 9" x 6" x 23" 2001	Site: No. 4 Detail 2001	Incident: No. 7 23 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm 1999 aluminum, wood, foam, fish line	Installation shot 2001

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