Two exhibitions
dal 6/3/2014 al 21/6/2014
Segnalato da
6/3/2014
Two exhibitions
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern
Mauricio Dias and Walter Riedweg examine with their multi-layered narratives questions of identity, society and difference; the possibilities of video art are staged as atmospheric settings. With "Ins Offene!" this year's presentation of the collection thus brings the landscape into focus.
Mauricio Dias & Walter Riedweg
Kleine Geschichten von Bescheidenheit und Zweifel
curated by Fanni Fetzer
Mauricio Dias (b. 1964) and Walter Riedweg (b. 1955) examine with their multi-layered narratives questions of identity, society and difference. They are always concerned with mirroring and confrontation – reflection of cultural prejudices and binary codes. The possibilities of video art are fully exhausted, and staged as atmospheric settings: the public is invited to follow a small model truck with a screen, peering into little cases or sitting down on an exhibited bed.
With the series ‘Little Stories of Modesty and Doubt’, Dias & Riedweg have succeeded in creating an intercontinental bridge: stories from the everyday life of South America are juxtaposed with narratives from Europe. As the core of the exhibition, these little stories thematically unite the subjects that the artists have been addressing over the past few decades, but also encapsulate the great simplicity, the clear camerawork and the radically stripped down nature of the staging. This is the first opportunity in Europe to discover their work on such a scale.
The exhibition and the publication is supported by Landis & Gyr Stiftung, artEDU Stiftung, Stanley Thomas Johnson Stiftung, Pro Helvetia and kulturelles.bl
The publication ”Dias & Riedweg” will be available from June 2014 on.
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Ins Offene!
From Robert Zünd and Ferdinand Hodler to Max von Moos
curated by Heinz Stahlhut
Lucerne is spoilt! It hasn’t just got the beautiful lake, it has the whole alpine panorama right on its front door. The perennial influence of this backdrop on art is also reflected in the collection of Kunstmuseum Lucerne. With ‘Ins Offene!’ this year’s presentation of the collection thus brings the landscape into focus.
The exhibition offers a little art historical excursion into the depiction of nature: the walk leads from the idyll, via realistic and symbolist representation to nature as a model for abstraction. The works don’t just provide an insight into the various styles, they also provide information about the relationship of man and the nature surrounding him. Classical representation of landscape shows man as being its ruler while at the same time being in quiet harmony with it. In symbolism and expressionism the landscape becomes a mirror of emotional states: the mountains, forests and lakes seem sublime, romanticised, dangerous or unattainable. In the 20th century landscape structures serve as a starting point for new, abstract pictures or, in the art of the post-war era, examine social injustices.
Image: Mauricio Dias and Walter Riedweg, O Espelho e a Tarde from the Serie: Kleine Geschichten von Bescheidenheit und Zweifel, Videoinstallation, Dimensionen variabel, 2011
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