The theme of this exhibition of Bill Viola’s work was nothing less than birth and death. Entitled “Unseen Images,” it brought together seven installations. The central work was Nantes Triptych (all works 1992), in which he projected images of the slow birth of his child, his dying mother, and lastly of himself under water. In order to understand the significance of these images of birth and death, the other installations must be considered.

Heaven and Earth and The Sleepers can also be understood as variations on his fundamental theme. In the former, two black and white monitors hung vertically.