Densite' ± 0
dal 30/4/2004 al 20/6/2004
Segnalato da
Francis Alys
Mark Bain
Marcel Dinahet
Ceal Floyer
Graham Gussin
Ann Veronica Janssens
Fiorenza Menini
Jiro Nakayama
Carsten Nicolai
Roman Ondak
Roman Signer
Annika Strom
Joelle Tuerlinckx
John Wood
Paul Harrison
30/4/2004
Densite' ± 0
Fri Art - Kunsthalle Fribourg, Fribourg
More or less zero density. With reference to those artists who attempted to dematerialise the art object at the end of the sixties by substituting for it conceptual, immaterial or ephemeral propositions, a number of contemporary artists are renewing an interest in such concepts as the void, disappearance and invisibility. Densite' ±0, as its title suggests, brings together a selection of contemporary works whose apparent visual reduction strengthens their conceptual and emotional power.
Francis Alÿs, Mark Bain, Marcel Dinahet, Ceal Floyer, Graham Gussin, Ann Veronica Janssens, Fiorenza Menini, Jiro Nakayama, Carsten Nicolai, Roman Ondák, Roman Signer, Annika Ström, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, John Wood et Paul Harrison, work-seth/tallentire
Fri-Art has the honour to invite two curators from Paris, Caroline Ferreira and Marianne Lanavère, in order to provide the contemporary production with a historical approach untitled Densité ± 0 (More or less zero density).
With reference to those artists who attempted to dematerialise the art object at the end of the sixties by substituting for it conceptual, immaterial or ephemeral propositions, a number of contemporary artists are renewing an interest in such concepts as the void, disappearance and invisibility. Densité ±0, as its title suggests, brings together a selection of contemporary works whose apparent visual reduction strengthens their conceptual and emotional power.
The aesthetic positions adopted by the artists presented in the exhibition are closer to infra-ordinary gesture than hyper-production. The works make use of simple materials gleaned from everyday life, nature or the exhibition space itself. Incidental interventions and derisory actions, they can also take the form of basic geometric shapes, lighting variations and barely audible sound frequencies.
This exhibition seeks to illustrate these aesthetic intentions through the presentation of several works by the same artist or new installations, produced in close collaboration with the artists. The viewer is confronted by two approaches, represented here by around 30 artistic propositions: the artwork as filter or magnifying glass, questioning the physical limits of the world and our perception of reality; and the performance of micro-actions to reveal a more poetic and existential commitment to the world.
The works in Densité ±0 do not attempt to represent the real by a narrative or documentary system. With extreme precision they succeed in retaining from concrete things only underlying micro-physical mechanisms or a level of abstraction, in order to convey their very essence.
Opening : May 1, 2004 at 5 p.m.
Opening hours : Tues.-Fri. 2-6 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 2-5 p.m., Thursday evenings 8-10 p.m.
Guided visits : May 27 and June 3 and on request
Next exhibitions :
From May 6 to May 10 2004 " ART FRANCFORT Prize" : Knut HENRIK HENRIKSEN
Opening May 6 at Frankfurt am Main
From July 9 to September 12 2004 Neutrality: Multiplicity - Francisco Jodice, Armin Linke, John Palmesino, Eyal Weizman
Opening: July 2 at 7 p.m.
Fri-Art
Petites-Rames 22 Case postale 354 CH 1701
Fribourg