SIMON STARLING
b. 1967, Epsom, United Kingdom
Lives and Works in Copenhagen, Denmark

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    Two Birds, No Birds

     

    The Liminal Trio plays the Golden Door

     

    Never Look Back When Leaving

     

    Triangulation Station A (40°44’49.17″N 74° 0’22.45″W)

     

    NO. 17

     

    Reflection: 15 Years

     

    Red White Blue

     

    Nathan Carter, Liam Gillick, Carsten Höller, Simon Starling, Garth Weiser

     

    Simon Starling

     

    This Isn’t Who It Would Be, If It Wasn’t Who It Is

    Simon Starling | Houseboat for Ho

    Simon Starling: Louisiana Channel

    Frieze: The artist Simon Starling photographs Giorgio Griffa’s studio in Turin

    Simon Starling: Collection Works at the Rennie Collection, Vancouver

    Group Show “little lower layer” at MCA Chicago Including Simon Starling

    Simon Starling: At Twilight opens October 14 at the Japan Society, New York

    Simon Starling: At Twilight at the Japan Society, New York closes this Sunday, January 15

    Mateo López and Simon Starling mentioned in the New York Times Art Fall Preview

    Simon Starling in Frieze Magazine’s November/December issue

    SIMON STARLING: A – Z NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH MOUSSE PUBLISHING

    Simon Starling at Casa Luis Barragán and Museo Experimental El Eco

    Simon Starling at the City Gallery of Wellington

    Simon Starling at the Arts Club, Chicago

    Simon Starling at MCA Chicago

    Simon Starling on the cover of the March Issue of Art Review

    Simon Starling at Tate Britain

    Simon Starling at Radcliffe Observatory, in Collaboration with Modern Art Oxford

    SIMON STARLING MONOGRAPH PUBLISHED BY PHAIDON

    Simon Starling at Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna

    Simon Starling at Modern Art Oxford

    SIMON STARLING IN MODERN PAINTERS, SEPTEMBER 2012

    Simon Starling at La Kunsthalle Mulhouse

    Jeff Burton, Jonathan Monk and Simon Starling featured in Centro de la Imágen’s exhibition, Camera of Wonders

    Simon Starling: In Speculum

    Simon Starling, Houseboat for Ho, 2023, site-specific installation, Ho, Denmark

    Simon Starling, Houseboat for Ho, 2023, site-specific installation, Ho, Denmark (alternate view)

    Installation view: Simon Starling with Emil Rønn Andersen, Two Birds, No Birds, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 19 - March 4, 2023

    The Endless Cubic Metre (Ultra Marine)

    2022

    Pedersen Bicycle, tubular steel, tensile cables, additional bike parts, powder coating, QR code linked to photographic documentation

    Bicycle: 51.25 x 118 x 39" / 130.18 x 299.72 x 99.06cm
    QR code: 1 cubic metre

    Gauge (400 ft of Abandoned Railway Track / 400 ft of Extruded Silver / 400 ft of Film)

    Gauge (400 ft of Abandoned Railway Track / 400 ft of Extruded Silver / 400 ft of Film) (detail)

    Installation view: Simon Starling with Emil Rønn Andersen, Two Birds, No Birds, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 19 - March 4, 2023

    Recursive Plates (Still Life with Apples and Conkers or Silver Iodine Molecule Model)

    2022

    Silver plated copper plates produced in a series of three unique works, film holder

    Plate: 9.45 x 7.48" / 24 x 19cm
    Film holder: 9.25 x 12.6 x .79"/ 23.5 x 32cm x 2cm
    Frame: 11.125 x 14.56 x 2" / 28.25 x 36.98 x 5.08cm

    Installation view: Simon Starling with Emil Rønn Andersen, Two Birds, No Birds, Casey Kaplan, New York, January 19 - March 4, 2023

    Two Birds, No Birds – A Mirrored Displacement (Proposal for an Inter-Institutional Exchange)/Text

    2022

    LE gelatin silver prints, vinyl text set in Riforma by Duncan Paré

    Diptych: 60.875 x 106" / 154.62 x 269.24cm
    Print Size: 59.84 x 48.03" / 152 x 122cm each
    Image size: 57.09 x 45.7" / 145 x 116cm each
    Framed: 60.875 x 49" / 154.62 / 124.46cm each
    Vinyl dimensions variable

    Home-made Castiglioni Lamp (Texaco)

    2020

    Oil can, concrete, Polyurethane foam, fishing rod, steel, linen thread, car headlamp, transformer, luggage strap, cable

    75.5 x 8.6 x 4.7" / 192 x 22 x 12cm

    Home-made Castiglioni Lamp (Texaco) (Detail)

    Home-made Castiglioni Lamp (Texaco) (Detail)

    Home-made Castiglioni Lamp (Texaco) (Alternate view)

    Home-made Castiglioni Lamp (Buffalo)

    2020

    Oil can, concrete, Polyurethane foam, fishing rod, steel, linen thread, car headlamp, transformer, luggage strap, cable

    85 x 8.26 x 4.9" / 216 x 21 x 12.5cm

    Home-made Castiglioni Lamp (Buffalo) (Detail)

    Home-made Castiglioni Lamp (Buffalo) (Detail)

    Pedigree English Greyhounds, Valldemossa dell’Attimo Fuggente (Vera) and Kollaps Livets Dans (Victor) photographed at Four Studios, Mirafiori Car Plant, Turin

    2019

    Silver gelatin type LE/Selenium toned print

    Print size: 41.3 x 51.2" / 105 x 130cm
    Framed size: 42 x 52 x 1.7" / 107 x 132 x 4.5cm

    Recursive Plate (After Eugene Atget)

    2019

    Daguerreotype on silverplated copper plate

    Image size: 9.5 x 7.4" / 24 x 19cm
    Framed: 22.5 x 20" / 57.3 x 50.8cm

    Recursive Plate (After Eugene Atget) (Alternate view)

    Recursive Plate (After Eugene Atget)

    2019

    Daguerreotype on silverplated copper plate

    Installation view,Le Plateau, May 5 - July 21, 2019

    2019

    Installation view,Le Plateau, May 5 - July 21, 2019

    Rex Lawson PerformsJohn Cage's Composition 4'33'' on an Aeolian Pianola, Abbey Road, London, 3rd of February, 2018 (Production Still),

    2018

    Silver gelatin type LE/Selenium toned print

    42 x 52" / 107 x 132 cm framed 39 x 49" / 11 x 125 cm

    Rex Lawson PerformsJohn Cage's Composition 4'33'' on an Aeolian Pianola, Abbey Road, London, 3rd of February, 2018 (Production Still),

    2018

    Silver gelatin type LE/Selenium toned print

    42 x 52" / 107 x 132 cm framed 39 x 49" / 11 x 125 cm

    The Liminal Trio plays the Golden Door

    2017

    Silver gelatin type LE/Selenium prints, replica costumes, zampogna, kaval, clogs, stands, speakers, audio sound files Dimensions variable

    Speaker box (clogger): 7.75 x 16.25 x 7.25”/ 19.7 x 41.3 x 18.4cm Left speaker (flute): 72 x 30 x 30”/ 182.9 x 76.2 x 76.2cm Right speaker (zampogna): 93 x 30 x 29”/ 233.7 x 76.2 x 73.7cm

    Installation View

    Installation View

    The Liminal Trio plays the Golden Door (detail)

    2017

    replica costumes, clogs

    44 x 29 x 21.75” / 111.8 x 73.7 x 55.2cm

    The Liminal Trio plays the Golden Door (detail)

    2017

    replica costumes, zampogna

    75.25 x 26.5 x 25.25” / 191.1 x 67.3 x 64.1cm

    Installation View

    The Liminal Trio plays the Golden Door (detail)

    2017

    Silver gelatin type LE/Selenium prints

    37.2 x 26.7” / 94.5 x 67.3cm Framed: 38.5 x 27.8” / 97.8 x 70.6cm

    The Liminal Trio plays the Golden Door (detail)

    2017

    Silver gelatin type LE/Selenium prints

    75.9 x 37.5” / 213 x 105cm Framed: 77 x 38.8” / 195.6 x 98.6cm

    Installation View

    Golden Ratio (Annotated)

    2017

    ink applied to paper with a brush made from the hair of japanese ama pearl divers. ink applied to glass with an océ arizona 480 XT inkjet printer

    71 x 59" / 180 x 150cm"

    Installation view,At Twilight, Japan Society, New York, 2016

    Installation view,At Twilight, Japan Society, New York, 2016

    Installation view,At Twilight, Japan Society, New York, 2016

    Installation view,At Twilight, Japan Society, New York, 2016

    Installation view,At Twilight, Japan Society, New York, 2016

    At Twilight:Study for Eeyore, Ezra Pound (After Henri Gaudier-Brzeska), The Guardian of the Well (After Edmund Dulac), Michio Ito (After Isamu Noguchi), Nancy Cunard (After Constantin Brancusi), Old Man (After Edmund Dulac), Young Man (After Edmund Dulac), Rock Drill (After Jacob Epstein) and W.B. Yeats(detail)

    2016

    Set of 9 collages with ink on paper

    10.5 x 8.25'' / 26.7 x 21cm each Framed: 14 x 10.7" / 35.6 x 27.2cm each

    At Twilight:Study for Eeyore, Ezra Pound (After Henri Gaudier-Brzeska), The Guardian of the Well (After Edmund Dulac), Michio Ito (After Isamu Noguchi), Nancy Cunard (After Constantin Brancusi), Old Man (After Edmund Dulac), Young Man (After Edmund Dulac), Rock Drill (After Jacob Epstein) and W.B. Yeats(detail)

    2016

    Set of 9 collages with ink on paper

    10.5 x 8.25'' / 26.7 x 21cm each Framed: 14 x 10.7" / 35.6 x 27.2cm each

    At Twilight:Study for Eeyore, Ezra Pound (After Henri Gaudier-Brzeska), The Guardian of the Well (After Edmund Dulac), Michio Ito (After Isamu Noguchi), Nancy Cunard (After Constantin Brancusi), Old Man (After Edmund Dulac), Young Man (After Edmund Dulac), Rock Drill (After Jacob Epstein) and W.B. Yeats(detail)

    2016

    Set of 9 collages with ink on paper

    10.5 x 8.25'' / 26.7 x 21cm each Framed: 14 x 10.7" / 35.6 x 27.2cm each

    Adam Chair

    2016

    Adam Chair, over-printed Fig Leaf fabric

    37 x 31.1 x 29.1'' / 94 x 79 x 74cm

    Adam Chair

    2016 (detail)

    Installation view,Zum Brunnen, LOK, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen

    2016

    Installation view,Zum Brunnen, LOK, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen

    2016

    Installation view,Zum Brunnen, LOK, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen

    2016

    Project for a Rift Valley Crossing A canoe built with magnesium extracted from Dead Sea water and used on the 30th of November 2016 in an attempted crossing of the Dead Sea from Israel to Jordan

    2015-2016

    Set of 2 silver gelatin type LE/Selenium toned prints

    41.46 x 50.63 x 2.36" / 105.3 x 128.6 x 6cm (framed) 39.21 x 48.43" / 99.6 x 123cm (print)

    Project for a Rift Valley Crossing A canoe built with magnesium extracted from Dead Sea water and used on the 30th of November 2016 in an attempted crossing of the Dead Sea from Israel to Jordan(detail)

    2015-2016

    Project for a Rift Valley Crossing A canoe built with magnesium extracted from Dead Sea water and used on the 30th of November 2016 in an attempted crossing of the Dead Sea from Israel to Jordan

    2015-2016

    Set of 2 silver gelatin type LE/Selenium toned prints

    41.46 x 50.63 x 2.36" / 105.3 x 128.6 x 6cm (framed) 39.21 x 48.43" / 99.6 x 123cm (print)

    Project for a Rift Valley Crossing A canoe built with magnesium extracted from Dead Sea water and used on the 30th of November 2016 in an attempted crossing of the Dead Sea from Israel to Jordan(detail)

    2015-2016

    A Zig-Zag Chair designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1934 and reproduced using 45,910 year-old swamp kauri wood in 2015

    2015

    Swamp kauri wood

    29.3 x 16.9 x 13" / 74.5 x 43 x 33cm

    Three Things

    2015

    Extruded silver, stained and painted Japanese cedar veneer, cut aluminium bike frame

    Dimensions variable

    Three Things

    2015 (detail)

    Installation view,El Eco, In collaboration with Pilar Pellicer and Yasuo Miichi, Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City

    2015

    Installation view,El Eco, In collaboration with Pilar Pellicer and Yasuo Miichi, Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City

    2015

    Exhibition view: Simon Starling:Metamorphology, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, 2014.

    Exhibition view: Simon Starling:Metamorphology, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, 2014.

    Exhibition view: Simon Starling:Metamorphology, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, 2014.

    Exhibition view:Pictures for an Exhibition, Arts Club Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2014.

    In Speculum (Great Melbourne Telescope)

    2013

    4 laser exposed gelatin prints

    Print size: 19.5 x 19.5'' / 49.5 x 49.5cm each Framed: 20.5 x 20.5" / 52.1 x 52.1cm

    Detail:In Speculum (Great Melbourne Telescope)

    2013

    4 laser exposed gelatin prints

    Print size: 19.5 x 19.5'' / 49.5 x 49.5cm each Framed: 20.5 x 20.5" / 52.1 x 52.1cm

    Self Portrait (as Henry Moore)

    2011

    Uranotype print

    Print size: 7.4 x 5.7'' / 18.8 x 14.5cm Framed: 11.25 x 9.5” / 28.6 x 24.1cm

    Transit Stone

    2012

    Verona and Black Belgian marble

    51'' / 129.5cm diameter

    Transit Stone

    2012

    Verona and Black Belgian marble

    51'' / 129.5cm diameter

    Prouvé (Road Test)

    2012

    Truck, Jean Prouvé ‘Shed’ roof section c. 1950

    Installation view: Simon Starling in collaboration with Superflex – Reprototypes, Triangualtions and Road Tests, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary – Augarten, 2012

    Three birds, seven stories, interpolations and bifurcations

    2007-2008

    21 Platinum palladium prints

    Installation view: Simon Starling in collaboration with Superflex – Reprototypes, Triangulations and Road Tests, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary – Augarten, 2012

    D1 – Z1 (22,686,575:1)

    2009

    35 mm film, D1 projector, b/w, silent

    Installation view: Simon Starling in collaboration with Superflex – Reprototypes, Triangulations and Road Tests, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary – Augarten, 2012

    D1 - Z1 (22,686,575:1)

    2009

    35 mm black and white film D1 projector, optical sound

    Exhibition view: Simon Starling: Metamorphology, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, 2014.

    exhibition viewThe Inaccessible Poem, Fondazione Merz, Torino, Italy, 2011

    Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima):Brigand/Warrior with Shield

    2010

    1 bronze mask and stand

    60.2 x 20.5 x 21” / 153 x 52 x 53cm

    Project for a Meeting (Chicago)

    20120

    3 Chryso-Uranotype prints

    Print size: 20 x 16'' / 50.8 x 40.6cm Framed: 33 x 37.5” / 83.8 x 95.3cm each

    Project for a Temporary Public Sculpture (Hiroshima)

    2009

    Bronze, steel, wallpaper

    Dimensions variable

    Silver Salts, Plagtinum Salts

    2008

    Gelatin silver print, Platinum palladium print

    Framed: 28.74 x 32.2 x 1.77'' (73 x 82 x 4.5cm) 35 x 40.5 x 1.77” (90 x 103 x 4.5cm)

    Detail View: Silver Salts, Plagtinum Salts

    2008

    Gelatin silver print, Platinum palladium print

    Framed: 28.74 x 32.2 x 1.77'' (73 x 82 x 4.5cm) 35 x 40.5 x 1.77” (90 x 103 x 4.5cm)

    Detail View:Three birds, seven stories, interpolations and bifurcations

    2007-2008

    21 Platinum palladium prints

    Installation view: Simon Starling in collaboration with Superflex – Reprototypes, Triangulations and Road Tests, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary – Augarten, 2012

    Motion control / Mollino (study)

    2007

    Platinum palladium print

    Image size: 9.87 x 8'' (25.082 X 20.32cm) Paper size: 19.5 X 15” (49.53 X 38.1cm) Framing size: 28.5 x 24.5” (72.39 x 62.23cm)

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