Video, 5 flat screens, colour
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Catherines Room
ARTIST ROOMS
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
actions: processes and functions
adults
bed
bedroom
Buddhism
candle
chapel
desk
domestic
domestic
emotions, concepts and ideas
evening
formal qualities
furnishings
heating and lighting
Hinduism
interiors
leisure and pastimes
light
light / lamp
lily
living room
morning
objects
people
photographic
plants and flowers
reading
recreational activities
religion and belief
religions
religious
Saints
sewing
St Catherine
study
times of the day
universal religious imagery
washing / drying
woman
work and occupations
worship
writing
installation video 5 flat screens colour
19 June 2009 – 5 September 2009
2009-09-05
19 June 2009 – 5 September 2009
2009-09-05
2009-06-19
Pier Arts Centre (Stromness, UK)
http://www.pierartscentre.com/
2009-06-19
ARTIST ROOMS 2009: Bill Viola
Loan-out
3 September 2011 – 24 December 2011
2011-12-24
3 September 2011 – 24 December 2011
2011-12-24
2011-09-03
Dick Institute (Kilmarnock, UK)
http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/comser/arts_museums/venues.asp
2011-09-03
ARTIST ROOMS 2011: Bill Viola
Loan-out
4 May 2012 – 29 July 2012
2012-07-29
4 May 2012 – 29 July 2012
2012-07-29
2012-05-04
Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts (Norwich, UK)
2012-05-04
Norfolk and Norwich Festival
Loan-out
25 July 2013 – 1 December 2013
2013-12-01
25 July 2013 – 1 December 2013
2013-12-01
2013-07-25
Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery (Wednesbury, UK)
2013-07-25
ARTIST ROOMS 2013: Bill Viola
Loan-out
27 September 2015 – 7 February 2016
2016-02-07
27 September 2015 – 7 February 2016
2016-02-07
2015-09-27
The Wilson - Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum (Cheltenham, UK)
http://www.cheltenham.artgallery.museum
2015-09-27
ARTIST ROOMS 2015: Bill Viola
Loan-out
19 September 2018 – 15 December 2018
2018-12-15
19 September 2018 – 15 December 2018
2018-12-15
2018-09-19
The Point, Doncaster Community Arts (Doncaster, UK)
2018-09-19
ARTIST ROOMS 2018: Bill Viola
Loan-out
27 January 2024 – 2 June 2024
2024-06-02
27 January 2024 – 2 June 2024
2024-06-02
2024-01-27
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery (Exeter, UK)
http://www.exeter.gov.uk
2024-01-27
Bill Viola
Loan-out
Catherine’s Room
displayed: 381 × 2460 × 570 mm
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Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the <a href="/search?gid=999999967" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">National Heritage Memorial Fund</a> and the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 2008
<p>This video work is one of a group of pieces known as 'The Passions' which explores human emotions, inspired by early European devotional paintings. The five screens show different times of the day – morning, afternoon, sunset, evening and night. Each scene shows the female protagonist at a different task, from yoga exercises in the morning through to lighting candles in the evening and finally going to bed. In each scene, the tree outside the window is shown at different stages of its annual cycle, putting the woman's routine in the larger context of the cycles of nature. The work is based on a predella by the fourteenth century artist Andrea di Bartolo.</p>

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actions: processes and functions adults bed bedroom Buddhism candle chapel desk domestic domestic emotions, concepts and ideas evening formal qualities furnishings heating and lighting Hinduism interiors leisure and pastimes light light / lamp lily living room morning objects people photographic plants and flowers reading recreational activities religion and belief religions religious Saints sewing St Catherine study times of the day universal religious imagery washing / drying woman work and occupations worship writing