Almut Linde
dal 16/1/2014 al 15/3/2014
Segnalato da
16/1/2014
Almut Linde
Kunstpalais & Stadtische Sammlung, Erlangen
Radical Beauty. The artist shows the favourite cow in industrial livestock farming, the quietness of a slaughterhouse, the romantic view of a landscape destroyed by open-cast mining or the impressive colouring of fertiliser. With enthusiasm Linde changes contexts: she commands soldiers to see an exhibition and sends circus acrobats to the museum. What happens if we change our perspective?
Viewing the world we look at patterns and structures. Our experiences determine the way we perceive life, but also leave room for prejudices and stereotypes. Almut Linde is interested in those patterns in order to reorganise them. She shows the favourite cow in industrial livestock farming, the quietness of a slaughterhouse, the romantic view of a landscape destroyed by open-cast mining or the impressive colouring of fertiliser. With enthusiasm Linde changes contexts: she commands soldiers to see an exhibition and sends circus acrobats to the museum. What happens if we change our perspective? What do we do with radical beauties that open to us or with the beauty of the radical?
Under the title Dirty Minimal the concept artist, photographer and sculptress Almut Linde developed an own interpretation of Minimal Art already in the 1990s that focuses on the everyday and the overlooked. For that purpose she connects methods of Minimal Art with socio-political content and allusions to romantic image concepts.
The exhibition Almut Linde: Radical Beauty is part of an international cooperation project. Seven exhibitions in total examine the extensive work of Almut Linde from different perspectives.
Image: Dirty Minimal #80.1, 2013. Quietud / Cadena de Producción / Stillness / Assembly line HD-Video, 1:01 min., © the artist
Press contact:
Wittmann Ilse Tel. 09131/862735 Fax 09131/862117
ilse.wittmann@stadt.erlangen.de
Opening: January 17, 2014
Kunstpalais
Stadt Erlangen - Palais Stutterheim
Marktplatz 1 - 91054 Erlangen
Opening Hours:
Tuesday - Sunday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Admission Prices:
4 €, reduced 2 €