Messages from the Unseen
dal 28/9/2006 al 25/11/2006
Segnalato da
28/9/2006
Messages from the Unseen
Lunds Konsthall, Lund
Matthew Buckingham and Joachim Koester. The exhibition consists of film and slide installations and series of photographs with accompanying texts. It becomes a speculative investigation, through both image and text, of what happens between the seen and the unseen, the outspoken and the unspoken.
Matthew Buckingham and Joachim Koester
Matthew Buckingham (born 1963 in Iowa, USA) and Joachim Koester (born 1962
in Copenhagen, Denmark) are frequently seen on the international art scene.
Lund Konsthall now offers audiences in Sweden a first comprehensive
selection of their recent work.
Both artists allow themselves to become fascinated by history and
literature. They have both worked with photography, film, video and text.
They have a lively interest in the conceptual development of art. They pay
much attention to visuality, but don't take anything for granted about how
pictures tell stories.
Matthew Buckingham and Joachim Koester share a motivation to test the
relation between art and the narratives that exist outside, around and
behind images. How much background information do artists want to show in
their images? Can these images even become a background for information?
The exhibition consists of film and slide installations and series of
photographs with accompanying texts. It becomes a speculative investigation,
through both image and text, of what happens between the seen and the
unseen, the outspoken and the unspoken. Its title was borrowed from a spine
in the library at the College of Psychic Research in London, an
awe-inspiring collection of obscure literature.
Two illustrated books are published for the exhibition. The book about
Matthew Buckingham (208 pages) contains an essay by Janet Kraynak, an
interview by Jennifer Allen and presentations of the artist's works from
1992-2006. It was supported by the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation in San
Francisco. The book about Joachim Koester (224 pages) contains an essay by
Hal Foster, an interview by Anders Kreuger and presentations of the artist's
works from 2003-2006. It was supported by the New Carlsberg Foundation in
Copenhagen.
The books are edited by the exhibition's curator Anders Kreuger and
published by Lund Konsthall and Veenman Publishers in Rotterdam.
Press Preview Friday 29 September at noon
Opening Friday 29 September 5-8 pm
Lunds konsthall
Martenstorget 3, Box 2051 - Lund