Discussion: Jason Rhoades and His ‘Perfect World’

On the occasion of the late artist’s first major show in LA, ‘Jason Rhoades. Installations, 1994 – 2006’ , a screening of documentary footage captured by the artist during the installation of ‘Perfect World’ followed by an in-depth discussion of the mythic work was held at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles. Paul McCarthy, Julien Bismuth, and Christian Scheidemann revisited Jason Rhoades’ 1999 monolithic installation, ‘Perfect World,’ originally created for the cavernous Hamburg Deichtorhallen. Considered by many to be Rhoades’ magnum opus, the sculpture was at once impossible to recreate, yet represents an important turning point in the artist’s career.