Holes in the Wall
dal 12/9/2013 al 2/11/2013
Segnalato da
12/9/2013
Holes in the Wall
Fri Art - Kunsthalle Fribourg, Fribourg
Early Works 1948-2013. The exhibition that brings together works of artists from different generations, both Swiss and international. It focuses on the key moment in the elaboration of a work of art when all is still under construction, but where one can already distinguish.
Holes in the Walls, Early Works 1948-2013 is a collective exhibition that brings together the early work of artists from different generations, both Swiss and international. Or, to phrase the concept in a more absurd way: an exhibition featuring young artists of all ages.
Thus, the oldest featured work of art was produced in 1948. It was created by a 23 -year-old artist and decorator named Jean Tinguely. As for the more recent works of art, they have been completed by artists who have just recently graduated from art school. Several intermediate generations complete the selection.
The exhibition focuses on that key moment in the elaboration of a work of art when all is still under construction, but where one can already distinguish - even in a basic form - the essence of a budding process. By multiplying historical occurrences, it thwarts the expectations, prejudices and hypotheses that arise when defining a new “scene” in an authoritarian manner (that is, by outlining trends or revealing historical redundancies) rather than concentrating on the intrinsic quality of an approach or an object.
The public will have the opportunity to rediscover historical works such as Robert Longo’s sculpture Seven Seals for Missouri Break (1976), a drawing made by John Armleder in 1968 or a project created at Cal Art by Matt Mullican in 1972; well-kept secrets such as the video Le Couscous bleu (1996) by Latifa Echakhch, Stéphane Dafflon & Valentin Carron’s Wall Ride (2000) or Mai-Thu Perret’s first drawings (1999). The exhibition is also an invitation to reconsider the works of more discreet artists such as Keith Farquhar’s paintings made in indelible marker (1996), the photographs (2010) of Scottish artist Charlotte Prodger or the relational work of Jean-Damien Fleury (1987). Finally, the exhibition sheds light on the works of very young contemporary artists through objects created in 2013 by Bernhard Hegglin, Jonas Hermenjat, Nelly Haliti, Grégory Sugnaux or Oliver Falk, amongst others.
Opening 13rd September, 6 pm
Fri Art - Kunsthalle Fribourg
Petites-Rames 22 - Fribourg
Admission: 0-3-6 CHF