New Work: Rachel Harrison
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Calif., November 12, 2004–March 13, 2005
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April 26, 2005
Rachel Harrison. Hail to Reason, 2004. Wood, wire, polystyrene, Parex, Portland cement, acrylic, DVD player, and doilies. 100 x 39 x 36 in. (254 x 99.06 x 91.44 cm). Courtesy Greene Naftali Gallery, New York.© Rachel Harrison.
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The cadences of an auctioneer greet the visitor to an exhibition of Rachel Harrison’s work at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, but this is not Sotheby’s. It’s a low-rent auction. The bids come in one- and two-dollar increments, and there are no British accents. Intrigued by the galloping voice, you discover its source: a towering, amorphous, silvery blue, concrete mass entitled Hail to Reason. Although vaguely resembling Auguste Rodin’s Monument to Balzac in...