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Bill Viola, Four Hands (2001) © Bill Viola
Exhibition
Bill Viola
3 Oct 2014 – 7 Feb 2015
Event times
Daily, 9.30am – 5.15pm
Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and Easter Sunday
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- Clarence Street
- Cheltenham
- GL50 3JT
- United Kingdom
Video works inspired by fundamental human experiences such as birth, death and aspects of consciousn
About
Viola has a deep interest in mystical traditions – especially Zen Buddhism, Christian mysticism and Islamic Sufism – evident in the transcendental quality of his work. His videos often have a painterly quality, drawing on Western medieval and renaissance devotional art in their aesthetic.
An ongoing theme is dualism – the idea that you can't understand what you're looking at unless you know its opposite. As such Viola likes to explore contrasting themes, such as life and death, light and dark, stressed and calm, loud and quiet.
