KERRY TRIBE

“Of course our memories are always subjective,selective and shifting - we remember what we need to, how we need to.” -Kerry Tribe

Tribe’s current body of work focuses on thelegendary history of Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. Completed in1928, Greystone was the most expensive residence in California at thetime. Built for the family of Ned Doheny Jr., son of a prominent oiltycoon, the house became the site of tragedy when, only four monthsafter moving in, Doheny and his secretary Hugh Plunkett were found shotto death. The official finding was murder-suicide: Plunkett killedDoheny in a fit of paranoia and then shot himself. But other theoriesabound. Doheny’s widow sold the mansion in 1955 and thereafter it becamea popular Hollywood filming location. Over 60 feature films have usedthe mansion as a set.

Tribe’s new work confronts both thehistorical events that took place at the mansion and its second life incinema. Shot on location at Greystone Mansion, it uses actors in periodcostume to explore a range of possible solutions to the mystery of whatmay have actually taken place. All of the dialogue in Greystone isappropriated from scenes in films that were also shot at the mansion.The result is an ensemble of historic characters who advance their storyusing oddly familiar yet radically decontextualized language.With Greystone,Tribe has created a structured, complex film that engages with thenarrative possibilities and language of conventional Hollywood cinema.In addition to the film, she will be exhibiting photographs, collages,the annotated film script, and research materials.

Kerry Tribelives and works in Los Angeles. She has had recent solo exhibitions atThe Power Plant, Toronto, Canada; Camden Art Center, London, UK; ModernArt Oxford, Oxford, UK; Arnolfini, Bristol, UK. She was included in the2010 Whitney Biennial as well as recent group exhibitions at the HammerMuseum, Los Angeles; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, NewZealand; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Hirshhorn Museum andSculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria;New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York.