Allan McCollum, "Shapes", 2006/2007
1944, Los Angeles, USA. Lives and works in New York, USA.
Allan McCollum is known for the large installations created from the combination of several small items, produced by hand, but influenced by industrial production methods. Based on the concept, its production is characterized by collaborative and democratic processes, which require the participation of professionals and communities. His research explores issues related to mass production methods and the value of work in the context of mass culture, as well as the need to understand how objects acquire cultural, public and subjective meanings within contemporary societies.
The most important solo exhibitions by the artist were featured in well-known institutions, such as ICA Miami (2020, USA), Metropolitan Museum of Art – MET-NY (2009, EUA), Museum of Modern Art – MoMA (2007, EUA), Serpentine Gallery (1990, London, UK), etc. Among the group shows are 48th and 55th Venice Biennale (1988, 2013), 28th Sao Paulo Biennial (2008) and 9th Mercosul Biennial (2013), as well as institutions like Hammer Museum (2014, Los Angeles, EUA), Whitney Museum (2010, New York, USA), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (2004 e 2010, New York, USA), Centre Georges Pompidou (1998, Paris, France). His work integrates more than 50 public collections around the world, as in MoMA (USA), Metropolitan Museum (USA), The New Museum (USA); Musée National d’Art Moderne (France), Centre Georges Pompidou (France), Fondation Cartier (France), Museu Berardo (Portugal), New Tokyo Metropolitan Museum (Japan), National Museum of Contemporary Art Seoul (South Korea), among others.