How Is Art History Made?
dal 14/6/2011 al 21/6/2011
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14/6/2011
How Is Art History Made?
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
A project by Seth Siegelaub that proposes to attempt to develop an understanding of the mechanisms behind the determination of quality in art, especially during the 20th and 21th century. It is an open-ended critical research project that is to be launched as a city-wide distribution with multi-language posters in Basel. Contemporary preview of R. H. Quaytman 'Spine, Chapter 20'.
Towards A Possible Theory Of Art History
How Is Art History Made? is an open-ended critical research project organized by the Stichting Egress Foundation, Amsterdam, in association with the Kunsthalle Basel. It is to be launched as a city-wide distribution with multi-language posters in Basel during the Basel Art Fair 2011 and Liste from 13-22 June 2011 with a press conference on Wednesday 15, 2011 at 12pm in the entrance hall of Kunsthalle Basell.
The purpose of the project is to attempt to develop an understanding of the mechanisms behind the determination of quality in art, especially during the 20th and 21th century, but also in the earlier historical periods. Although almost everyone involved in the world of art has wondered privately from time-to-time about these questions, “why is artist X considered more important than artist Y”, it continues to remain a hidden obscure subject, often taken for granted, and is hardly ever addressed in a public forum. With this project it is our intention to try to provoke an open discussion by raising the question of artistic power publicly by harvesting the opinions from different participants in the art community, initially via feedback through the websites of the Stichting Egress Foundation to eventually bring together a range of thoughts dealing with this issue which could eventually lead to a synthesis of ideas and perhaps a formal theory or, at least, a working hypothesis.
A discussion will be held at the “Art Salon” talk series in the Basel Art Fair (Hall 1, Auditorium) on Sunday, 19 June 2011 at 1pm with the participation of Seth Siegelaub (art dealer, curator and author), Adam Szymczyk (director of Kunsthalle Basel) and Monika Szewczyk (writer and curator, head of publications at Witte de With, Rotterdam and tutor at Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam).
Gratis copies of the poster will be available at Kunsthalle Basel.
Press contact:
Annette Amberg, Assistant Curator / Press
Press preview: R. H. Quaytman “Spine, Chapter 20”
15 June 2011, 11am–12pm
Press conference for Seth Siegelaub’s project “How Is Art History Made?”
15 June 2011, 12pm–1pm
Kunsthalle Basel
Steinenberg 7 CH-4051 Basel
Opening hours: Tue/Wed/Fri 11am–6pm - Thu 11am–8.30pm - Sat/Sun 11am–5pm
During Art Basel
Monday, June 13, 2011, 10am - 8pm
Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 10am - 8pm
Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 10am - 10pm; Opening 7 - 10pm
Thursday, June 16, 2011, 10am - 8pm
Friday, June 17, 2011, 10am - 8pm
Saturday, June 18, 2011, 10am - 8pm
Sunday, June 19, 2011, 10am - 8pm
Monday, June 20, 2011, closed
Sunday, August 1, 2011, closed
Admission: CHF 10.-/6.- incl. S AM Swiss Architecture Museum