Two exhibitions
dal 19/2/2014 al 24/5/2014
Segnalato da
19/2/2014
Two exhibitions
Museum Moderner Kunst MUMOK, Wien
Moyra Davey's "Burn the Diaries" explore our approach to time and history. They shed new light on the relationship between image and language, and also on that between production and reception. "Musee a vendre pour cause de faillite" presents fully the Annick and Anton Herbert Collection.
MUSÉE À VENDRE POUR CAUSE DE FAILLITE
Herbert Foundation and mumok in dialogue
21 February - 18 May 2014
The Annick und Anton Herbert Collection is one of the most significant private collections of contemporary art in Europe. This Belgian couple began to purchase art during the political and social upheavals of the late 1960s. They were fascinated by the movements and trends in art at the time that promoted new concepts of art and the artwork—in parallel to contemporary endeavors for social renewal. With great expertise and care, the Herberts began to acquire important works by European and American representatives of Minimal Art and Conceptual Art—including works by Carl Andre, Marcel Broodthaers, Hanne Darboven, Donald Judd, On Kawara, Sol LeWitt, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Niele Toroni, Lawrence Weiner, Art & Language, Dan Graham, Bruce Nauman, and Gerhard Richter. From the mid-1980s, the Herberts added significant groups of works by a younger generation—including Martin Kippenberger, Franz West, and Mike Kelley. The last artist to join their collection was the Austrian Heimo Zobernig.
In June 2013, the Herberts decided to present their collection to the public each year during the summer months, showing works in a former industrial building in Ghent. Our exhibition in early 2014 in Vienna, with the deliberately provocative title Musée à vendre pour cause de faillite (Museum for Sale due to Bankruptcy), will be the last presentation of the collection outside of these summer shows in Ghent. The exhibition will present the Herbert collection more fully than ever before, and will also include key works from the mumok collection especially selected by the Herberts.
Opening: February 20, 2014 – 7.00 p.m.
Welcoming address: Karola Kraus, Director, mumok
About the exhibition: Eva Badura-Triska, Curator, mumok
Followed by a reception with sparkling wine from the House of Kattus.
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MOYRA DAVEY
Burn the Diaries
21 February - 25 May 2014
curated by Matthias Michalka
For New York artist Moyra Davey (born 1958 in Canada), photography, film, and video are just as important as literature. Her concentrated and often very detailed observations question forms of memory, and refer mostly to personal experiences and situations. Davey’s works explore our approach to time and history. They shed new light on the relationship between image and language, and also on that between production and reception. An important part of Davey’s artistic work are the Mailers, photographs folded as envelopes that she sends to family members, friends, and acquaintances.
For her first solo exhibition in Austria, Moyra Davey is developing several new works that refer to the oeuvre of the French writer—and criminal—Jean Genet (1910–1986).
Moyra Davey’s presentation at mumok includes a new film that focuses on the processes of writing and remembering. Her subtly interwoven images, text montages, and depictions of third parties all closely correspond with elements of the life and work of the novelist, dramatist and political activist Genet.
The second part of the exhibition presents new photographs and several Mailers that refer both to this film and to Davey’s own text Burn the Diaries. This text can be read in an artist’s book especially produced for the mumok exhibition. This book also includes a further text by writer Alison Strayer and numerous illustrations.
Opening: February 20, 2014 – 7.00 p.m.
Welcoming address: Karola Kraus, Director, mumok
About the exhibition: Matthias Michalka, Curator, mumok
Followed by a reception with sparkling wine from the House of Kattus.
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Image: Bruce Nauman
Sex and Death, 1985
Courtesy Sammlung Annick und Anton Herbert, Gent, © Bildrecht Wien
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Opening: February 20, 2014 – 7.00 p.m.
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Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna
Opening hours Monday: 2–7 pm
Tuesday to Sunday: 10 am–7 pm
Thursday: 10 am–9 pm
Entrance prices Normal € 10
Concessions € 8 or € 7