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16/2/2011

Investigations of a Dog

Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm

curator in Stockholm: Tessa Praun

This spring Magasin 3’s exhibition spaces will be filled with works by internationally acclaimed artists including Maurizio Cattelan, Fischli & Weiss, Claire Fontaine, Jeff Koons, Sigalit Landau and Sherrie Levine - many of them being shown in Sweden for the first time.

The exhibition Investigations of a Dog has borrowed its title from a short story by Franz Kafka (1922) and presents works from the collections of the five member institutions.
The responsible curator in Stockholm, Tessa Praun, describes the exhibition’s theme:

Kafka’s short story is written from the perspective of a dog suffering an identity crisis.
The dog is more introverted and reflective than his fellow dogs. This more critical approach to society, complete with existential thoughts, is reflected in the artistic process of the works selected for the exhibition.

The FACE network was formed in 2008 and consists of the following five private art institutions: DESTE Foundation (Greece), Ellipse Foundation (Portugal), Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Italy), la maison rouge (France) and Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall. Over the course of two years, the exhibition will travel to each of the five foundations - Stockholm being the fourth venue.

Publication: Five writers have been invited to each write a short story inspired by the exhibition or its connection to Franz Kafka. Magasin 3 has invited the Swedish author Jonas Hassen Khemiri, who with his subtle play with language draws us into a narra- tive balancing on the threshold between reality and fiction, dream and nightmare. The other authors are: aristide antonas, Rui Cardoso Martins, Emmanuelle Pagano, and Tiziano Scarpa.

Participating artists: Vasco Araújo, Virginie Barré, Philippe Bazin, Mircea Cantor, Maurizio Cattelan, Roberto Cuoghi, Mark Dion, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Urs Fischer, Fischli & Weiss, Claire Fontaine, David Hammons, Annika Von Hausswolff, Thomas Hirschhorn, William Kentridge, Kimsooja, Jeff Koons, Sigalit Landau, Sherrie Levine, Deanna Maganias, Mark Manders, Esko Männikkö, Marepe, Paul McCarthy, Boris Mikhailov, Bruce Nauman, Cady Noland, Martin Parr, Navin Rawanchaikul, Aurel Schmidt, Gregor Schneider, Lara Schnitger, Santiago Sierra, Lorna Simpson, Stéphane Thidet, Kara Walker.

For more informations, please contact exhibition coordinator Tove Schalin: schalin@magasin3.com Ph: +46 8 54568044

Image: Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Animal, 1986. The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens. Photo: Marc Domage

The FACE www.art-face.eu network was formed in 2008 and consists of five private art institutions: DESTE Foundation (Greece), Ellipse Foundation (Portugal), Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Italy), La maison rouge (France) and Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall. Over the course of two years, the exhibition will travel to each of the five foundations—Stockholm being the fourth venue.

FACE International Relations
Media enquiries: Helen Weaver helen.weaver@fsrr.org - hwmedia@ymail.com T. +39 346 2165881 (Italy) T. +44 (0)7772 159219 (UK)

The complete exhibition schedule is as follows:
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (Italy) - 21.10.09/04.03.10
Ellipse Foundation, Cascais (Portugal) - 15.05/05.09.10
La maison rouge – Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris (France) - 23.10.10/16.01.11
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm (Sweden) - 17.02/29.05.11
DESTE Foundation, Athens (Greece) – 19.06/15.10.11

Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
Frihamnsgatan 28, SE-115 56 Stockholm.
Open Thur 11am – 7pm, Fri – Sun 11am – 5pm.

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