Hiwa K

  • Hiwa K’s artworks give visibility to vernacular forms, oral histories, modes of encounter, and political situations. His sculptures, videos, and performances slyly weave together anecdotes from friends and family, found situations, as well as everyday forms that are the products of pragmatics and necessity. His own education leaves a strong impression within his works, which are the result of a continuous critique of the professionalization of art practice, as well as the myth of the individual artist. Consequently, many of his works are characterized by a strong collective and participatory dimension, and have to do with the process of the teaching and learning systems, as well as an insistence on the concept of obtaining knowledge from everyday experiences, rather than doctrine.

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Moon Calendar, 2007 (film still)
This artwork is licensed by KADIST for its programs, and is not part of the KADIST collection.
This Lemon Tastes of Apples, 2011 (film still)
This artwork is licensed by KADIST for its programs, and is not part of the KADIST collection.
Hiwa K

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Hiwa K’s artworks give visibility to vernacular forms, oral histories, modes of encounter, and political situations. His sculptures, videos, and performances slyly weave together anecdotes from friends and family, found situations, as well as everyday forms that are the products of pragmatics and necessity. His own education leaves a strong impression within his works, which are the result of a continuous critique of the professionalization of art practice, as well as the myth of the individual artist. Consequently, many of his works are characterized by a strong collective and participatory dimension, and have to do with the process of the teaching and learning systems, as well as an insistence on the concept of obtaining knowledge from everyday experiences, rather than doctrine.