Peter Friedl
dal 20/9/2005 al 10/12/2005
Segnalato da
20/9/2005
Peter Friedl
Galerie Erna Hecey, Bruxelles
Three consecutive presentations will show long-term projects: 'Playgrounds' is a series of projected images showing children's playgrounds from around the world. 'Drawings' is part of a substantial collection of the artist's drawings from 1964 to the present. 'Theory of Justice' is an archive of newspaper pictures.
Playgrounds, Drawings, Theory of Justice
Erna Hecey Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition of works by Peter Friedl.
Three consecutive presentations will show long-term projects such as Playgrounds (since 1995), Drawings (since 1964) and Theory of Justice (since 1992) questioning issues of genre, documentary aesthetics and other forms of narratives.
Reconsidering the exhibition as a medium, each of the three projects will use the gallery space to display specific concepts and meanings.
Playgrounds is a series of projected images showing children’s playgrounds from around the world.
The playground is viewed as the stage for the first institutionalized, public experiences of “smallâ€subjects.
Drawings is part of a substantial collection of the artist’s drawings from 1964 to the present which have rarely or never been shown. The chronological presentation investigates the genre of the retrospective as well as the subject of artistic production.
Theory of Justice is an archive of newspaper pictures. The title refers to A Theory of Justice (1971) by John Rawls, a liberal revival of social contract theory. Friedl’s archive proposes a new sort of pictorial justice in relation to originality, history and context.
This is the third solo exhibition of Peter Friedl (b. 1960) at Erna Hécey Gallery. Friedl’s work has been exhibited worldwide including documenta X (1997), the 48th Venice Biennale, and the 3rd Berlin Biennial, and solo exhibitions at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (1995), Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels (1998), Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin (1999), Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz (1999), The Living Art Museum in ReykjavÃk (1999), Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2001), Chisenhale Gallery, London (2001), Institut d’art contemporain, Lyon-Villeurbanne (2002), Institute for Contemporary Art, Cape Town (2002), Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen (2002). Recent solo projects include Four or Five Roses (2001-2004), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, and Out of the Shadows (2004), Witte de With, center for contemporary art, Rotterdam.
A retrospective exhibition of the artist will be held at the MACBA in Barcelona from May to September 2006.
Playgrounds 22 September – 15 October
Drawings 20 October – 16 November
Theory of Justice 19 November – 10 December
Opening: wednesday 21 september 2006, from 8 to 9 pm
Galerie Erna Hecey, 25 bv du Prince Henri, Luxembourg