Ronald Feldman Gallery | Christine Hill

Christine Hill

Christine Hill

Pilot, 2000

Biography

A resident of Berlin since 1991, American artist Christine Hill has spent her artistic career trying out other careers. Referring to these experiments as “organizational ventures,” rather than performance art or installations, she has opened ad-hoc businesses as varied as a tour guide company, a portable office, a massage parlor, and an apothecary. One of her most enduring works is the Volksboutique, which is comprised of a series of small shops that have popped up around the world. The small businesses combine the tradition of East German community shops—stocked by products made in her studio, the Volksboutique Products Division—with optimistic slogans rendered in red, white, and blue text. Like Andy Warhol, she continues the 20th-century tradition of exploring the relationship between art and commerce, with a bit of theater rolled in.

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Nov 21, 2012

New York Times Group Show Art in Review: Christine Hill "Small Business"

Oct 05, 2013

Hyperallergic Group Show Christine Hill's Small Business

Exhibitions

Jun 21 – Jul 25, 2014 Group Show Labor Intensive

Nov 16 – Dec 21, 2012 Christine Hill Small Business

Jun 24 – Jul 28, 2011 Group Show Taking Shape

May 14 – Jun 22, 2010 Group Show Resurrectine

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Christine Hill

Pilot: The Invention, Presentation and Filming of a Late Night Television Talk Show, 2000

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Christine Hill

Pilot: The Invention, Presentation and Filming of a Late Night Television Talk Show, 2000

Christine Hill

Pilot: The Invention, Presentation and Filming of a Late Night Television Talk Show, 2000

Christine Hill

Small Business Model, 2012

Christine Hill

A Practical Guide to Understanding the Volksboutique Small Business

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Christine Hill

Musterbrett (Sample Board) 08, 2012

Christine Hill

Musterbrett (Sample Board) 09, 2012

Volksboutique Small Business (Berlin), 2010

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Volksboutique Small Business (Berlin), 2010

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Pilot, 2002

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The Volksboutique Armory Apothecary, 2009

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Small Business, 2012

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Small Business, 2012

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Volksboutique Small Business (Berlin), 2010

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Pilot, 2002

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The Volksboutique Armory Apothecary, 2009

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Small Business, 2012

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Small Business, 2012

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Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. The gallery is located in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City and exhibits performance, photography, new media, film, painting, drawing and sculpture.