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2/5/2012

The circus as a parallel universe

Kunsthalle Wien, Wien

Presenting a number of contemporary works of art, the exhibition offers an introduction into the universe of the circus and highlights a wondrous place full of knowledge of the world, surprises and sensations, a place of poetry, but also of excitement, confusion, and unease. On show Jonathan Monk, Bruce Nauman, Diane Arbus, Matthew Barney, Ugo Rondinone and many more.


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Clear the ring for the world of acrobats, clowns, and exotic animals! Presenting a number of contemporary works of art, the exhibition The Circus as a Parallel Universe offers an introduction into the universe of the circus and highlights a wondrous place full of knowledge of the world, surprises and sensations, a place of poetry, but also of excitement, confusion, and unease.

The circus as a parallel world has become a projection surface in film and literature, but also in the fine arts. Fascinated with the circus, its forms, and its practice, Peter Blake has created his own personal company of acrobats and fabulous circus creatures, for example. Federico Fellini has made the circus the subject of numerous films, and Charlie Chaplin's figure of the tramp transcends the norms of social life. Ulrike Ottinger's works confront us with the circus as a metaphor of an utopian perspective in which its sphere features as the gentle twin of revolution. Besides animals and acrobats, it is primarily the figure of the clown whose complexity oscillating between good and bad, funny and sad has always inspired the arts. Reaching far beyond the actual fringes of the circus's ring, the exhibition assembles international artistic positions that thematize the world of the circus outside the big top and draw on its figures, forms, and metaphors.

Participating Artists:

Diane Arbus, Matthew Barney, Julian Bismuth, Rhona Bitner, Peter Blake, Olaf Breuning, Bernhard Buhmann, Charlie Chaplin, Clifton Childree, Charles & Ray Eames, Federico Fellini, Daniel Firman, Thilo Frank, Jeppe Hein, Roni Horn, Anna Jermolaewa, Anna Kolodziejska, Tomasz Kowalski, Zilla Leutenegger, Ulrike Lienbacher, Jonathan Monk, Bruce Nauman, Ulrike Ottinger, Marion Peck, Ugo Rondinone, Joe Scanlan, Elisabeth Schmirl, Deborah Sengl, Cindy Sherman, Simmons & Burke, Kristian Sverdrup, Javier Téllez, Joe Wagner, Martin Walde, William Wegman, Nives Widauer, Erwin Wurm and Rona Yefman.

Press contact: Katharina Murschetz phone: +43-1-521 89-1221 presse@kunsthallewien.at

Opening: Thursday, 3 May, 2012, 7 p.m., KUNSTHALLE wien museumsquartier

Kunsthalle Wien
Museumsplatz 1 - Wien
Daily from 1 p.m. to midnight, Sun and Mon from 1 to 7 p.m

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