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5/5/2010

Che Fare?

Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz

The Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein presents the historic years of the Arte povera, displaying more than 130 works.

Curated by Friedemann Malsch, Christiane Meyer-Stoll and Valentina Pero

“What is to be done?” asks the large scale Arte povera exhibition which the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein has realized for its 10 year anniversary. The exhibition focuses on the time between 1967 and 1972 and includes works by all principal artists of the Arte povera movement.

The artists of the Arte povera movement sought to bridge the gap between art and life, expanding consciousness by reducing the distance between the artwork and the spectator. The familiar, ordinary things that we tend to regard as worthless were to be rediscovered as new, art-worthy materials; previously neglected everyday items were to be transformed into meaningful works of art. The new art was to be more simple and more modest in its means, and more authentic in its materials.

In this way, Arte povera was to open up a poetic and sensual window on the world and the energies behind all that exists, creating metaphors of the life-force that flows from primordial sources – metaphors, above all, of the spiritual energies that seek to change rigid structures. The exhibition centres around the leading topics of the Arte povera: time, the history of the earth, energy and alchemy.

Che fare? Arte povera includes works by Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Luciano Fabro, Piero Gilardi, Jannis Kounellis, Mario Merz, Marisa Merz, Giulio Paolini, Pino Pascali, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Emilio Prini, Salvo and Gilberto Zorio. Many of the works shown will be from the collection of the museum. The Arte povera has been a mainstay of the collection ever since the founding of Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein. These works, more than forty in all, will be shown alongside works from public and private European collections, including some little-known works from the early years.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue in German and English documenting the exhibition and the works presented. The catalogue contains essays by internationally recognised experts, among others Nike Bätzner, Maddalena Disch, Catherine Grenier, Friedemann Malsch, Christian Rattemeyer, Dieter Schwarz and Denys Zacharopoulos.

Guided tour
Th 20 May 18:00 with Christiane Meyer-Stoll
Th 10 June 18:00 with Denise Rigaud
Th 17 June 18:00 with Denise Rigaud
Th 19 August 18:00 with Denise Rigaud

Supporting events:
We 19 May 15:00 – 17:00 Schools and Museum
Introduction for Teachers: Che fare? - Arte povera
with Christina Jacoby

Th 27 May 17:00 – 19:00 Schools and Museum
Introduction for Teachers: Che fare? - Arte povera
with Christina Jacoby

Fr 18 June 15:00 – 17:00 In cooperation with St. Arbogast
Dialogic tour
through the exhibition "Che fare? Arte povera - The historic years"
Registration at the "Bildungshaus Arbogast"

Sa 26 June 16:00 10 years Kunstmsueum Liechtenstein
Festa Povera
In cooperation with the Liechtenstein art society and the Kunstschule Liechtenstein

Fr 30 July 19:30 Concert
Silver Apples of the Moon
by Morton Subotnick, Laptop, and Lillevan, Live Visuals,
in cooperation with "Kunst aus der Zeit", Bregenzer Festsspiele

Th 26 August 20:00 In cooperation with the Filmclub
Il Vangelo secondo Matteo
by Pier Paolo Pasolini, I/F 1964, 131’

Th 02 September 18:00 Guided tour and discussion
The Arte Povera. Guided tour and discussion
with Nike Bätzner, art historian, and Christiane Meyer-Stoll, curator Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein

In the image: Giuseppe Penone, Rovesciare i propri occhi; (c) Massimo Piersanti

Press contact
René Schierscher Head Marketing and Communications Tel. +423 / 235 03 00 Mail: schierscher@kunstmuseum.li

Opening 6th May 2010, h 6p.m.

Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
Staedtle 32, Vaduz Liechtenstein
Opening Hours
Tuesday - Sunday: 10am-5pm
Thursday: 10am-8pm
Closed on Mondays

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