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14/12/2006

Ical krbbr prodly prsnts gart jas, jon klsy, josf stra / Paolo Virno

Portikus, Frankfurt

Gareth James, John Kelsey, Josef Strau

curated by Michael Krebber

A bridge, an ellipsis, a sudden trailing off, the title of this exhibition, etc, the ... might also be the blub blub blub of an underwater clam drawn by Jack Smith (“Ploduction Ploblems"), or a sort of mussel-talk taking over. In Re'ne' Daumal’s unfinished novel Mount Analogue, which narrates the search for an invisible mountain (the largest on earth), there is a description of the money used in this place: smooth, pearl-like orbs dug out of the invisible mountain’s soil and very difficult to find. So on Mount Analogue, the ... would also be a price, a sum, exact amount of invisible cash. (excerpt from the index of the accompanying book, published by Buchhandlung Walther Konig, Cologne)

New York based artist Gareth James’ solo exhibitions include shows at Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York (2006); American Fine Arts, Co, New York (2001)
James is partner of Orchard, New York, a cooperatively organized exhibition and event space since 2005. He co-founded the editorial office and project-room Scorched Earth in 2006 (with Cheyney Thompson and Sam Lewitt). James is currently the Chair of the Fine Arts Department, Columbia University.

John Kelsey, artist and writer based in NYC, permanent member of Bernadette Corporation, in 2004 co-founded (with Emily Sundblad) Reena Spaulings Fine Art. A contributing editor at Artforum magazine, his text "My Other Painting Is a Car" will be published this month in the catalogue for an upcoming retrospective of Richard Prince paintings (Astrup-Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst/Oslo).

Josef Strau, artist and writer based in Berlin. founder and organiser of Galerie Meerrettich, Berlin, based in the pavilion at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz next to Volksbuhne since 2002. 1990-93 together with Stefan Dillemuth organiser of Friesenwall 120 on Cologne.

Michael Krebber, Cologne-based artist and teacher at Stadelschule in Frankfurt since 2002. His work is currently shown at Kunsthalle Nurnberg, The Most Contemporary Picture Show, Actually (with Rene' Daniels and Klaus Merkel.

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With “Grammar of the Multitude" (2005) Italian philosopher Paolo Virno made one of
the most important contributions to the discourse on bio-politics and post-fordian
labour relations. As a thinker who belongs to the radical Italian left wing and who
was politically active in the environment of the operaistic movement, he has
developed a brilliant analysis of the contemporary way of living. His book
systematically explores how the recently much-invoked “Post-Fordism" in an essential
way affects our existence, our conception of the subject and our labour relations.
If it is the case that nowadays “virtuosity" is in demand and that language and
communication have become the decisive powers of productivity, then this has to have
consequences also for the production of art. In the framework of the symposiums
“Under pressure" we shall discuss the new necessities described by Virno from the
perspective of the artists. We will explore the options for action and will follow
up the implications of the models he recommends, e.g. “exit" and “disobedience".

“Unter Druck - Under pressure. About subject-shaped pictures, social individuals and
the new spirit of capitalism" is a conference in three parts, organized by the
‘Institut fur Kunstkritik’ (Institute for Art Criticism in co-operation with
the ‘Institut fur Sozialforschung’ (Institute for Social Research) Frankfurt.


Opening: December 15, 2006 at 6 pm

Portikus
Alte Brucke 2 / Maininsel - Frankfurt

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