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16/10/2013

Function / Dysfunction

Neues Museum State Museum for Art and Design, Nuremberg

Claire Barclay, Martin Boyce, Nick Evans, Nicolas Party, Ciara Phillips and Mary Redmond

Curator of the exhibition: Melitta Kliege

The idea of portraying dynamic centres of contemporary art led to the development of the exhibition Function / Dysfunction. Contemporary Art from Glasgow. It features six artists who live and work in Scotland's largest city, which has emerged as a vibrant and influential art hub in the period since 1990. Organised as part of the /prospekt/ series, the exhibition presents works created specifically for the facade spaces of the Neues Museum. As the installations are visible through the building's curved glass front, they also have a strong impact on the urban surroundings.

The title of the exhibition refers to the overarching theme that informed the selection of artists. Consistent with its location in a museum of both art and design, the show not only portrays aspects of the Glaswegian art landscape but also highlights an international trend for contemporary art to draw upon or incorporate design elements and applied forms of art, either by referencing design objects, integrating utilitarian items, working with industrially produced materials or employing craft-based or artisanal techniques.

The careers and backgrounds of the six chosen artists reflect Glasgow's evolution into an established art centre. Three of them—Martin Boyce, Claire Barclay and Mary Redmond—were born in the city or the surrounding area, while Nick Evans, Ciara Phillips and Nicolas Party belong to a slightly younger generation who came to Glasgow to study in the 1990s and 2000s. All six artists have created impressive, context-based installations that can now be experienced at first hand in the Neues Museum.

The exhibition has received generous financial support from
the British Council and Creative Scotland
as part of the Creative Futures in Germany initiative,
the State of Bavaria
as part of its regional partnership with Scotland,
and is also supported by the City of Nuremberg
as part of its town twinning link with Glasgow.

Exhibition catalogue
Function / Dysfunction. Contemporary Art from Glasgow is accompanied by an extensive catalogue that introduces the six participating artists and examines their work to date. The central themes of the exhibition—on the one hand, the relationship between art and design, as well as the different ways in which these can be combined, and on the other, the city of Glasgow's development into a major centre for contemporary art—are also explored in the catalogue. A number of pages are devoted to each of the featured artists, with texts contributed by Kitty Anderson, Oliver Basciano, Fiona Bradley, Katrina Brown, Stephen Feeke and Fiona Jardine. The publication also includes an introduction to the thematic framework of the exhibition by the curator Melitta Kliege and an essay on the rise of the Glasgow art scene by Sarah Lowndes.

An insert with photographs of the new installations created by the six artists especially for the exhibition at the Neues Museum is included in the publication. Designed by Kühle und Mozer in Cologne and published by Verlag für moderne Kunst in Nuremberg, the catalogue will be on sale during the exhibition at the Neues Museum in Nuremberg, and is available from bookshops.
160 pages, numerous illustrations.

Press contact:
Eva Martin, Leitung Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Tel: 0911 2402041 Fax: 0911 2402029 E-Mail: martin@nmne.de

Opening 17th october 2013, 10am - 6pm

Neues Museum
Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg Klarissenplatz 90402 Nürnberg Germany
Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 10am–6pm,
Thursday 10am–8pm

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