Biennial of the Americas Denver 2010

The 2010 Biennial of the Americas is an international event that celebrates the culture, ideas and people of the Western Hemisphere, hosted by the City of Denver.

VENUE MAP & HOURS

Jerónimo Hagerman

MIKADO Mientras sea Posible, Casa America, Madrid, Spain, 2010 Bajo nivel 0 (Below level 0), Nanyang Art and Media University, Singapur, 2009 Here and Now, radial garden 2, At Santo domingo Plaza Mexico City, 2010 Smell beds Bridge in the wall, Centro Parraga, Murcia, Spain, 2010 Smell beds Bridge in the wall, Centro Parraga, Murcia, Spain, 2010 Third Invasion, One patio outside-inside MURALS, Miró foundation, Barcelona, Spain, 2010
Birth Year1967
City of OriginMexico City
City of ResidenceMexico City, Mexico and Barcelona, Spain
VenueMcNichols Main Stage: The Nature of Things
StatementMy Artwork develops around the analysis of the relationship between the individual and nature, emphasizing on how the emotional ties between the subject and the outside world are generated. My work covers some aspects of the modern myths of civilization versus the wild, such as domestication, landscape as aesthetic value and the controversial position of human as part of nature.

At the beginning of my career I created sculptural installations and photography which documented the short distance that sometimes exists between what is natural and what is artificial. Over the years my work has focused more on vegetation. For over ten years I have been researching the different variables affecting our relationship with the outside territory, the landscape and, more specifically, the garden as a domestic platform for nature. I am currently developing vegetation interventions in public and private spaces, where the viewer finds a space to analyze and question the differences between the human dimension and the vegetation world. Each project is developed around specific aspects in which our existence is radically different: Dimension (Scale Forest, 2006), time and stillness (Contemplating the Invasion, 2004), or how plants spread (Pink Mina, 2005 and Malas madres, 2008).
Websitehttp://www.jeronimohagerman.com