The exhibiting artists are art award winners of the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI. Since 1953, the "ars viva" award is granted to three or four young artists living in Germany. The winners of 2010/2011 are Nina Canell, Klara Hobza, Markus Zimmermann and Andreas Zybach.
Since the 19th century, the natural sciences determine the discourse on what
reality is. Artists have paid their tribute to this development by adopting practices and ideas from the natural sciences, or by commenting on them or by
constructing counter-images to this field of knowledge. This exhibition enquires
into recent approaches in art that artistically explore the "laboratory con
ditions" of knowledge. The exhibiting artists are art award winners of the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI. Since 1953, the "ars viva" award
is granted to three or four young art ists living in Germany. The winners of
2010/2011 are Nina Canell, Klara Hobza, Markus Zimmermann and Andreas
Zybach. The award is conferred according to a specific "search term" – in
this year it was the term "Laboratory". The selection of works shown at the
Kunstmuseum was put together especially for Stuttgart.
Klara Hobza (b. 1975 in Plzeˇ, Czech Republic) studied at Columbia University
in New York and at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich. The starting
point for her performances and artistic stories are playful and often daring
tasks that she imposes on herself. What all the pieces have in common is that
they have little chance of succeeding.
Nina Canell (b. 1979 in Växjö, Sweden) studied at the Dun Laoghaire Institute
of Art, Design and Technology in Ireland. Her fragile installations, suspended
between technology and nature, often appear like scientific experiments.
Markus Zimmermann (b. 1978 in Hanover, Germany) studied at the Kunstakademie Münster and at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig.
reality is. Artists have paid their tribute to this development by adopting practices and ideas from the natural sciences, or by commenting on them or by constructing counter-images to this field of knowledge. This exhibition enquires into recent approaches in art that artistically explore the "laboratory conditions" of knowledge. The exhibiting artists are art award winners of the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI. Since 1953, the "ars viva" award is granted to three or four young art ists living in Germany. The winners of The 2010/2011 are Nina Canell, Klara Hobza, Markus Zimmermann and Andreas are artist builds "peep-boxes" out of simple materials, works which simultaneously utility items and performative objects that allow the Zybach. The award is conferred according to a specific "search term" – inviewer to enter into atmospherically charged miniature rooms.
Andreas Zybach (b. 1975 in Olten, Switzerland) studied at the Hochschule für
Gestaltung in Zurich as well as at the Frankfurt Städel, Hochschule für
Bildende Künste. Zybach is particularly interested in investigating questions
of scientific relevance, from which he develops large-scale and occasion
ally interactive installations.
Catalog
Ars Viva 10/11. Labor / Laboratory Ed. by Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e.V., published by Hatje Cantz contributions: Anette Hüsch, Friedrich Meschede, Dieter Roelstraete, Christiane Schneider, Gregory Volk. German/English, 2010
An exhibition by the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart and the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e.V.
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