Pipilotti Rist: Eyeball Massage

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Pipilotti Rist: Eyeball Massage that was held on 28 September 2011 — 8 January 2012 in Hayward Gallery, London and on 24 March — 24 June 2012 in Kunsthalle Mannheim. Pipilotti Rist burst onto the international art scene in the late 1980s with visually lush video and multimedia works that explore sexuality and media culture through playful and provocative remixes of fantasy and the everyday. Highly accomplished technically, Rist’s practice fuses sensual images, dazzling color, music and text to create mesmerizing installations. This catalog is thoroughly illustrated and conceived in close collaboration with the artist. Essays explore the many facets of Rist’s art, including her treatment of the relationship between the body and the camera, and her use of two- and three-dimensional sculptural forms, while a visual essay by the artist provides a rare insight into her working methods.