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Mika Rottenberg Press Release

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Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago. Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: NoNoseKnows (Artist Variant), 2015. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago. Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: NoNoseKnows (Artist Variant), 2015. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago. Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago. Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: NoNoseKnows (Artist Variant), 2015. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: NoNoseKnows (Artist Variant), 2015. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: NoNoseKnows (Artist Variant), 2015. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: NoNoseKnows (Artist Variant), 2015. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Cosmic Generator (Tunnel Variant), 2017. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago. Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Cosmic Generator (Tunnel Variant), 2017. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Cosmic Generator (Tunnel Variant), 2017. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Cosmic Generator (Tunnel Variant), 2017. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Cosmic Generator (Tunnel Variant), 2017. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago. Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Lips (Study #3), 2016/2019. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago. Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Finger, 2018. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago. Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Ponytail (Orange), 2016
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Ponytail (Orange), 2016. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Ponytail (Orange), 2016. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Ceiling Fan Composition, 2016. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Ceiling Fan Composition, 2016. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Ceiling Fan Composition, 2016. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Ceiling Fan Composition, 2016. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Ceiling Fan Composition, 2016. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: Ceiling Fan Composition, 2016. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: NoNoseKnows (Artist Variant), 2015. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Installation view, Mika Rottenberg: Easypieces, MCA Chicago, Oct. 2, 2019 – Mar. 8, 2020. Work shown: AC and Plant, 2018. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago

Press images

A woman sits in a room with walls fully covered with colorful inflatable animals and cartoon characters. — Mika Rottenberg, still from Cosmic Generator (Tunnel Variant), 2017. Video, sound, color; 26:37 min. © Mika Rottenberg
Photo courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Collection Giverny Capital

An ornately decorated plate holds a hearty serving of green herbs. Atop the herbs, four gray-haired men in suits lay side-by-side. — Mika Rottenberg, still from Cosmic Generator (Tunnel Variant), 2017. Video, sound, color; 26 minutes, 37 seconds. © Mika Rottenberg
Photo courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Collection Giverny Capital

A woman with disheveled blonde hair and a comically long, pink-tipped nose is seen in front of wooden shelves of flower bouquets. — Mika Rottenberg, still from NoNoseKnows, 2015. Video with sound and sculptural installation, 22 min, dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

A balding man with thick-framed glasses and a strangely long nose looks directly at you. He sits at a table, upon which two white-and-brown rabbits are resting. — Mika Rottenberg, still from Sneeze, 2012. Single-channel video installation, sound, color, dimensions variable; approx. 3 min
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, AC and Plant, 2018. Installation view, Mika Rottenberg, Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, London, 2018. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Andy Keats

Mika Rottenberg, Ceiling Fan Composition, 2016. Installation view, Mika Rottenberg, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2016. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Aurélien Mole

Mika Rottenberg, Untitled Ceiling Projection (still), 2018. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Untitled Ceiling Projection (still), 2018. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Untitled Ceiling Projection (still), 2018. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

What appears to be a set of rail tracks extends straight ahead of you down a narrow tunnel. Three stark light bulbs extend downward and emit an eerie green glow. — Mika Rottenberg, still from Cosmic Generator, 2017. Single-channel video installation, sound, color, dimensions variable; 27 min
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

A light-skinned finger ending in a long fingernail extends out from a gray wall. The fingernail is painted black, with details similar to a night sky or galaxy. — Mika Rottenberg, Finger, 2018. Artificial finger and mechanical system, 2 ¾ x 5 1/8 in (7 × 13 cm). Installation view, Mika Rottenberg, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria, 2018. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
Photo: Miro Kuzmanovic

Mika Rottenberg, NoNoseKnows (still), 2015. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, NoNoseKnows, 2015. Installation view, Mika Rottenberg, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria, 2018. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, NoNoseKnows, 2015. Video with sound and sculptural installation, 22 min., dimensions variable. Installation view, Mika Rottenberg, The Bass, Miami, 2017
Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. Dimensions variable
© Mika Rottenberg. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth

Mika Rottenberg, Spaghetti Blockchain, 2019. © Mika Rottenberg Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth