The Politics of Place
dal 11/2/2002 al 28/4/2002
Segnalato da
Andreas Gursky
Anthony Haughey
Nanna H
Margareta Klingberg
Maria Lantz
Walter Niedermayr
Torbjørn Rødland
Ingrid Pollard
Jorma Puranen
Allan Sekula
Jeff Wall
Jan-Erik Lundström
11/2/2002
The Politics of Place
BildMuseet, Umea
This exhibition presents contemporary artists engaged in politically and historically defined notions of space. The artists examine current landscapes and landscape practices. They are equally concerned with the traditions of the landscape genre itself, with visually expressed historical notions of space, as well as with contemporary understanding and values. In their work, space is continually recognized as challenged, contested, complex, commanding and of grand currency.
Andreas Gursky
Anthony Haughey
Nanna H
Margareta Klingberg
Maria Lantz
Walter Niedermayr
Torbjørn Rødland
Ingrid Pollard
Jorma Puranen
Allan Sekula
Jeff Wall
curator: Jan-Erik Lundström
Imaging the landscape is a particularly incisive and charged practice
within contemporary photographically based art. As a means
towards propositions regarding space as a cultural, historical and
political variable, defined by human action and imagination,
photographs of landscape are instrumental not only as ways of
exploring meaning or reflecting collective knowledge, but also as
paths towards identity, self-recognition, transformation.
This exhibition presents contemporary artists engaged in politically
and historically defined notions of space. The artists examine
current landscapes and landscape practices. They are equally
concerned with the traditions of the landscape genre itself, with
visually expressed historical notions of space, as well as with
contemporary understanding and values. In their work, space is
continually recognized as challenged, contested, complex,
commanding and of grand currency.
The Politics of Place brings together specific single works and
projects. In relation to the powerful position of the landscape genre
within European history the selection underlines European territory;
the contested history and present of this continent as seen,
imagined and perceive through the work of visual artists.
A substantial catalogue accompanies the exhibition, featuring
comissioned essays by Alessandra Ponte, John Taylor, Sverker
Sörlin and an introduction by Jan-Erik Lundström. Separate section
featuring essays by Michael T. Bravo, Lena Eskilson, Margareta
Klingberg, Maria Lantz, Christer Nordlund, Klas Sandell and Bo
Sundin. Illustrated with 55 colour plates. ( ISBN 91-7305-167-5)
Exhibition tour:
BildMuseet, Umeå, Sweden
10 Feb - 28 April, 2002
Edsvik Konst och Kultur, Sollentuna, Sweden
http://www.edsvikart.com
Aug - Oct, 2002
The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
http://www.fmp.fi
Jan - March, 2003
Länsmuseet Västernorrland, Härnösand, Sweden
http://www.ylm.se
March - May, 2003
For more information, please contact: Johan Sjöström
e-mail: johan.sjostrom@bildmuseet.umu.se