Hanne Darboven's first film work, Six Books on 1968, was presented for the first time in 1969 on the occasion of her solo exhibition at the Städtisches Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany. The work comprises six 16mm films based on the six books in which Darboven recorded her date calculations of the year 1968 for her major work Six Books on 1968.
Sprüth Magers is pleased to show the original version of this iconic piece at the Los Angeles gallery with a room-sized installation of six 16mm projectors, creating a cinematic and time-based orchestration of the year 1968.
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