Some Time Waiting
dal 23/1/2007 al 31/3/2007
Segnalato da
Olivier Babin
Robert Barry
Johanna Billing
Pierre Bismuth
Marcelline Delbecq
Jason Dodge
Ryan Gander
Isabell Heimerdinger
Jiri Kovanda
David Lamelas
Kris Martin
Jonathan Monk
Dominique Petitgand
Dan Rees
Mungo Thomson
Mario Garcia Torres
Jordan Wolfson
Adam Carr
23/1/2007
Some Time Waiting
Kadist Art Foundation, Paris
Work of over 15 international artists. The exhibition focuses on works that explore notions of waiting, delay and anticipation. In addition, the central ideas addressed by the included works will act as the premise for the actual setup and installation of the exhibition itself. A group show as a programme that aspires to transcend the notion of art presentation as a static and unalterable configuration.
Some Time Waiting is a unique exhibition that brings together the work of over 15 international artists. Uniting both thematic and conceptual approaches to exhibition-making, the exhibition focuses on works that explore notions of waiting, delay and anticipation. In addition, the central ideas addressed by the included works will act as the premise for the actual setup and installation of the exhibition itself.
During the exhibition run, Some Time Waiting will encompass different arrangements of artists and their work by way of a changing display. This follows from the provisional and temporal nature of a number of the included artworks, or a distinct change in the treatment of the exhibition: from solo presentations of artists to the setting and environment of a group exhibition, structured in response to the nature of the work. In doing so, the exhibition aims to investigate the idea of a group exhibition as a programme that aspires to transcend the notion of art presentation as a static and unalterable configuration.
A number of the works included in the exhibition turn to the subject of waiting as a utopian gesture, in particular, being reflective of an optimistic outlook for the future. Other pieces induce feelings of ambivalence, uncertainty or despair; or remind us that waiting can be much more than just an innocent game of patience, but rather an indicative outcome of a political reality suppressing and hindering our daily progress. Fundamentally, what defines and characterises the artworks is a particular performativity and latent inaction, which sets to animate the exhibition space and thus position viewers as 'active’ spectators rather than passive or ancillary subjects.
Adam Carr is an independant curator and writer based in Paris and London. He is residency at Kadist Art Foundation until the end of march.
Kadist Art Foundation is a private foundation initiated in 2001. It is dedicated to promoting the arts through the constitution of a contemporary art collection and the organisation of exhibitions and residencies in its space in Paris.
Image: Mungo Thomson 2007
SOME TIME WAITING
25 Janvier - 11 Fe'vrier 2007
Mungo Thomson > Between Projects
16 Fe'vrier - 1er Avril 2007 (espace de la vitrine: 24h24)
Pierre Bismuth > Coming Soon
16 Fe'vrier - 1er Avril 2007
Olivier Babin, Robert Barry, Johanna Billing, Pierre Bismuth, Jason Dodge, Marcelline Delbecq, Ryan Gander, Isabell Heimerdinger, Jiri Kovanda, David Lamelas, Kris Martin, Jonathan Monk, Dominique Petitgand, Mungo Thomson, Mario Garcia Torres, Elin Wikstrom, Jordan Wolfson.
Kadist Art Foundation
19 bis - 21 rue des Trois Fre'res - 75018 Paris - France
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