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17/6/2004

The ten commandments

Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden

curated by Klaus Biesenbach

The exhibition will open on June 18th.

In 2004, the inhabitants of the USA and Western Europe will spend nearly as much money on food for household pets as would be necessary to end global malnutrition; does this border on negligence or theft? What is certain is that the life of the privileged cannot simply be called for and set as a standard for everyone.

"Religion is back. Big time!" announces a graffiti in Lower Manhattan in the immediate vicinity of Ground Zero. Religiousness is making a stand again, appearing in a space between spirituality and fundamentalism on the one hand and consumer hedonism and instrumentalization on the other.

69 contemporary international artists show the ways in which current art sees social and ethical areas of tension in today's world. The exhibition developed by Klaus Biesenbach opens to visitors important perspectives on the Ten Commandments that are relevant to the present: What living conditions control the individual today? What systems of values offer a morally binding orientation?

Just as the biblical Ten Commandments are expressly directed at the individual, the exhibition, too, challenges individuals to question the validity of traditional ethical values: How many freedoms can a society take without provoking conflicts with other communities? How much solidarity is necessary to maintain a social order with respect to internal pressures? How much tolerance does a person need in a culturally, spiritually, and ethnically diverse world?

Artists include:
Adel Abdessemed, Laylah Ali, Francis Alÿs, Yael Bartana, Marc Bijl, Maurizio Cattelan, Janet Cardiff, Minerva Cuevas, Henry Darger, Jiří David , Thomas Demand, Elmgreen & Dragset, Cerith Wyn Evans, Harun Farocki, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Sylvie Fleury, Parastou Forouhar, Kendell Geers, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Shilpa Gupta, Andreas Gursky, Mathilde ter Heijne, Carsten Höller, Martin Honert, Jonathan Horowitz, Mustafa Hulusi, Emily Jacir, Christian Jankowski, Yeondoo Jung, Kimsooja, Sigalit Landau, Armin Linke, Mark Lombardi, Ján ManèuÅ¡ka, Teresa Margolles, Tony Matelli, Adam McEwen, Aernout Mik, Boris Mikhailov, James Morrison, Gianni Motti, Olaf Nicolai, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Orlan, Tony Oursler, OVNI-Observatori de Video No Identificat, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Paul Pfeiffer, Daniel Pflumm, Daniela Rossell, Thomas Ruff, Anri Sala, Nebojsa Seric – Shoba, Efrat Shvily, Santiago Sierra, Shazia Sikander, Taryn Simon, Dayanita Singh, Aleksandr Sokurov, Erik Steinbrecher, Stih & Schnock, Ricky Swallow, Fatimah Tuggar, Usine de Boutons, Anne Wallace, Marijke van Warmerdam, Jasmila Zbanich, Andrea Zittel.

We very much look forward to seeing some of you there on the evening of the 18th, and for other activities around the opening exploring Dresden...

Image: Gianni Motti, Collateral Damage, 2001. Photography 87 x 69 cm (framed). Courtesy Ars Futura, Zürich

The exhibition is generously supported by
Dresden Cultural Foundation of the Dresdner Bank
The exhibition is supported by
Pro Helvetia
The Canadian Embassy in Germany
Australia Council for the Arts
Royal Netherlands Embassy in Berlin

Deutsches Hygiene-Museum
Lingnerplatz 1 01069 Dresden

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