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Yorame is a multi-disciplinary artist who works in digitally produced moving images and sound. His work, Seven Stories High, 2022, was an important componemt of the Art Center's recent exhibition, Immersive. In 2018 he created a spectacular public art project entitled Mental Banquet: Painting with Lights, which temporarily illuminated the facade of Des Moines' World Food Prize Hall of Laureates building. This purchase is the digital representration of the illumination with its constructed and animated images and sound. This groundbreaking project highlighted the history of the building that previously housed Des Moines' main library and now serves as home to the World Food Prize, which honors individuals for their achievements in improving the global food supply.

Source: DMAC News Jan Feb Mar Apr 2023 


Dimensions8:55 minutes
Accession Number 2022.50
Classificationstime based media
SignedOYORAM (end of movie)
Edition1/5
ProvenanceArtist; Des Moines Art Center [purchased from previous, 2022]

Images (8)

Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Mental Banquet: Painting with Lights
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Image courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York.
Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn
2020
Film Still: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Anna Gaskell
2006
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Bill Viola
2000
Film Still: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
William Kentridge
2002
Film Still: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Ann Hamilton
2000
Film still from Luhring Augustine, New York
Ragnar Kjartansson
2001
Film Still: Annabel Wimer
Christian Jankowski
2004
Film Still: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Anna Gaskell
2006
Film Still: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Peter Fischli
David Weiss
1987
Film Still
Martha Rosler
1975