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22/7/2004

American Art of the 1990s

Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

American Art of the 1990s
Robert Gober – Mike Kelley – Christopher Wool
Works from the Udo and Anette Brandhorst Collection
and from the Museum moderner Kunst | Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna

Saal 21
July 23 – October 24, 2004

Robert Gober (*1954), Mike Kelley (*1954) und Christopher Wool (*1955) represent the generation in American contemporary art that is rooted in Pop and Minimal Art (Warhol, Judd), albeit associated with a more political-sociological slant.

Paintings, sculptures, drawings and installations from all three artists illustrate the damage that a standardized world imposes upon its inhabitants.
To this effect, Robert Gober's commonplace objects become witnesses of vast dramas that take place time after time, where individual yearning and collective expectation tussle with each other. Mike Kelley's inspiration lay far beyond all that is standard; he turns his attention to the power of the repressed. The artist collects, among other things, third-rate comics, erotica and adolescent drawings, all of which he integrates into his work, thereby mixing aesthetic tendencies that are basically thought to be contradictory. As well, Christoper Wool's works signify the long overdue adjustment to a one-sided, idealized world view. They spell out a cruel world, as if stigmatised or marked by it.
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American Art of the 1990s
Photography and video: Bill Viola, Gary Hill, Roni Horn
Temporär 2
July 23, 2004 – January 9, 2005

At the heart of this collection presentation is a video-sound installation from American artist Bill Viola (*1951). Viola, chiefly known for his visually commanding color installations, has named his black and white work: 'Tiny Deaths'. It is not actual death that is meant here, according to the artist, but those short, rare moments in which individuals become one with themselves.
The viewer is enveloped in a large, dark room. Not until a few moments later do the details become perceivable. Moving forms are projected on three walls: they are nameless, middle-aged individuals who are moving in slow, almost staggering motion, without apparent reason or clear gestures. In irregular intervals, sudden and unexpected changes take place on the three walls: the form of one of the blurry figures condenses, becoming clearly recognizable, standing for a brief moment as if in the limelight. Parallel to this, voices swell, their message however still hard to decipher.
The collection presentation will be supplemented by the works "Remarks on Color" from Gary Hill (*1951) and the 45-piece photo work "PI" from Ron Horn (*1955).

Image: Bill Viola, Tiny Deaths, Sammlung Moderne Kunst

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