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dal 24/4/2014 al 11/10/2014
Segnalato da
24/4/2014
Proudly Presenting
Museum der Moderne, Salzburg
Generali Foundation Collection. One central theme-based group of works comprises objects in which art, design, and architecture merge to shape but also articulate a critique of utopian ideas. It is a prologue for the planned collection exhibitions, which will rotate several times a year.
Curators: Sabine Breitwieser, Director, with Christin a Penetsdorfer Assistant Curator
The Generali Foundation has entrusted its internati
onally acclaimed collection to the
Museum der Moderne Salzburg as a permanent loan. This first show, offering a
selection of roughly 2,100 works by 130 artists, will provide insight into some of the
characteristics of this renowned collection.
One central theme-based group of works comprises objects in which art, design, and
architecture merge to shape but also articulate a critique of utopian ideas. Bruno
Gironcoli’s phallic sculptures, Dan Graham’s glass pavilions, Hans Hollein’s
Mobile
Office
(1969), Gordon Matta-Clark’s interventions in aban
doned buildings, and Walter
Pichler’s
TV-Helmet
(1967) have meanwhile become icons of this theme.
The high
expectations in new technologies and media since th
e 1960s have also flowed into
numerous works that examine their effects on people. The “feminist-actionist” and
“expanded-cinema”-works by VALIE EXPORT, especially her
TAPP- und TASTKINO
(Tap and Touch Cinema)
(1968) and Harun Farocki’s video installations tac
kle some
of these issues in profound groups of works. Works
by the younger generation of
artists have also contributed to a discussion of th
is topic from a current perspective.
A number of works in the collection contain—to quote
the artist and writer Allan
Sekula—“photography against the grain” in conjunctio
n with a media critique, such as
Sanja Ivekovic ́ ’s photo collages, Martha Rosler’s
photo-text-installation about the
Bowery in New York, and Sekula’s cinematic photo essa
ys. Years ago, headlines
proclaimed the Generali Foundation an “Institution
for Institutional Critique.” The
collection does actually contain numerous artists w
hose works focus on the
conditions of art, and ask what we actually want fr
om art. Early on in his
Condensation Cube
(1965), Hans Haacke made visible how visitors have
an impact
on an artwork. Adrian Piper negotiates hegemonies an
d stereotypes in the art world,
and Andrea Fraser humorously introduces us to the re
al life going on in a museum in
the course of performances as “museum tours.”
With this exhibition, the Museum der Moderne Salzbur
g is writing the pre-text to a
new, rotating collection exhibition, in which works
from the Generali Foundation
collection will enter into dialogue with other, ext
ensive holdings from the museum—
from the in-house works through to the Federal Photo
graphy Collection and the
FOTOGRAFIS Bank Austria collection to the MAP collection
Images: Walter Pichler, Kleiner Raum (Prototyp 4), 1967, Skulptur, 3 Teile, Helm, Polyester, weiss lackiert, Mikrofon, 48 x 40 x 40 cm
Basis, Aluminium, PVC-Folie, 20 x 100 x 100 cm, Schwarz-weiß-Fotografie, Silbergelatine auf Leinwand, Lautsprecher, 202 x 102 cm
© Generali Foundation, Foto: Werner Kaligofsky
Hans Haacke, Und Ihr habt doch gesiegt, 1988, Dreiteilige Installation nach einem Projekt auf dem Platz am Eisernen Tor, Graz,
© Bildrecht, Wien, 2014, Generali Foundation, Foto: Werner Kaligofsky
Press department:
Christine Forstner T +43 662 842220-601 M +43 664 8549983 christine.forstner@mdmsalzburg.at
Invitation to the Press Preview for the exhibition Friday, April 25, 2014, 11 a.m.
Opening: Saturday, April 26, 2014, 11 a.m.
Museum der Moderne Salzburg
Mönchsberg 32, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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