Guy Ben-Ner : Name Dropping

20 Apr-27 May 2011

Overview

The two film works being shown at Gimpel Fils were made in the wake of Ben-Ner’s divorce and demonstrate not only a change in his approach to making art, but also a transition in his own life. This transition clearly takes place in "Drop the Monkey", a video contextualized by his divorce and the problems of starting a new relationship. The piece was made shot-by-shot (that is, without editing) during plane trips between Israel and Berlin, where Ben-Ner’s then-girlfriend lived. The video piece openly questions the ethics of artmaking, and questions where the line between autobiographical art and personal relations lies.