"Firmament: The vault of the sky, solid and abiding, the dwelling of celestial bodies."
Debora Hirsch, 2021
Synchronously beautiful and jarring, Debora Hirsch’s (b. 1967) multimedia conceptual practice is deeply concerned with power structures and interconnected networks. As Hirsch meticulously constructs each work, she continually investigates and calls into question themes of contemporary anthropology, perceived relationships, unnoticed realities, the prevalence of media and technology, and the colonization of the Americas. Her multimedia oeuvre often takes from the artist’s own archive– composed mainly of historical source material, art, architecture, and digital ephemera– to explore these ideas through harmonious yet complex constructions and emphasizing a “metaphysical conception of art.”
Featuring three of her most significant series to date – Firmamento (2018-present), The Iconography of Silence (2019), and Donotclickthru (2016) – Debora Hirsch: Firmamento is the artist's first exhibition at Hutchinson Modern & Contemporary.
