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Work in progress by Sarah Sze, 2022. © Sarah Sze.
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Photo: Courtesy Sarah Sze Studio

SARAH SZE:
TIMELAPSE
Exhibition: Sarah Sze: Timelapse
Venue: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue,
New York, Rotunda Level 6, Tower Level 7, Museum Exterior

SZE’S SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS TRANSFORM THE of the rotunda and the adjacent tower level gallery. The
ICONIC GUGGENHEIM ARCHITECTURE INTO A TOOL FOR exhibition explores Sze’s ongoing reflection on how our
TIMEKEEPING AND A MEDITATION ON THE MULTITUDE OF experience of time and place is continuously reshaped in
WAYS THAT WE MARK AND EXPERIENCE THE PASSAGE OF relationship to the constant stream of objects, images, and
TIME. information in today’s digitally and materially saturated
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presents a solo world.
exhibition of Sarah Sze (b. 1969, Boston) featuring a series of Sze creates across multiple mediums employing painting,
site-specific installations by the acclaimed New York–based sculpture, drawing, printmaking, video, and installation. She
artist. Sarah Sze: Timelapse unravels a trail of discovery is well known for her intricate constructions using a myriad
through multiple spaces of the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright of both fabricated and found objects and images. Whether
building, from the exterior of the museum to the sixth level an intimately scaled sculpture or a large, permanent public

Work in progress by Sarah Sze, 2022. © Sarah Sze.
Photo: Courtesy Sarah Sze Studio

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