Sensory Spaces 8 - Mike Nelson

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen invited the British artist Mike Nelson (Loughborough 1967) to produce a work for Sensory Spaces 8. Nelson presented ‘Amnesiac Shrine’, an installation made up of a set of successive artworks that combine to form an extensive category in its own right within his oeuvre. The works of art on show in the Amnesiac Shrine acted as metaphors; they made up a series of images that Nelson devised almost twenty years ago. They are members of an imaginary biker gang, born from the smouldering remains of the first Gulf War. In the umbrella installation ‘Amnesiac Shrine’, which could be seen from 13 February, Nelson used these metaphors to challenge the perception of fundamental elements like time and space. By means of reflections, illusions and flashbacks, Mike Nelson unleashes a compelling experience at the interface of what can and cannot be defined as art.