Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Part File Score
January 22, 2016 – April 10, 2016
"Part File Score" (2014) is a recently aquired large-scale multimedia installation by Susan Philipsz. The installation is based on the life and work of film composer Hanns Eisler, a German Jew who immigratred to the United States after his music was banned by the Nazis, only to become an early victim of the infamous Hollywood blacklist of supposed Coummunist sympathizers.
Photo: Jean Vong, installation view of "Part File Score" at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, 2015
