Switcher sex
dal 11/12/2007 al 8/2/2008
Segnalato da
Patricia Piccinini
Sigalit Landau
Tracey Emin
Bjorn Melhus
Michael Rees
Una Szeemann
Zhou Xiaohu
Donigan Cumming
Diane Arbus
Matthew Barney
Katharina Bosse
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Chi Peng
Danica Dakic
Valie Export
Brian Finke
Gilbert & George
Nan Goldin
Alfredo Jaar
Jurgen Klauke
Annie Leibovitz
Boris Mikhailov
Dario Mitidieri
Adam Nadel
Nobuyoshi Araki
Gundula Schulze Eldowy
Andres Serrano
Larry Towell
Peter Weibel
11/12/2007
Switcher sex
Slought Foundation, Philadelphia
A selection - from the Teutloff Collection- of international artists whose film, photographs and video works examine the varied manifestations of the human body in contemporary society. The collection illustrates the ever-increasing fascination with and alterations to the concept of the 'human' in this age of technological and cultural transformation.
Slought Foundation, Philadelphia is pleased to announce the first exhibition of works from the Teutloff Collection, Germany, featuring a selection of international artists whose film and video works examine the varied manifestations of the human body in contemporary society.
The exhibition will be on display in the galleries at Slought Foundation from December 12, 2007 - February 9, 2008; the opening reception will take place on Saturday, January 19th, 2007 from 6:30-8:30pm.
The works featured in this exhibition will be selected by Osvaldo Romberg, Senior Curator at Slought Foundation; featuring video works by Donigan Cumming, Tracey Emin, Sigalit Landau, Bjørn Melhus, Patricia Piccinini, Michael Rees, Una Szeemann, Zhou Xiaohu, and Peter Weibel; photographs by Diane Arbus, Matthew Barney, Katharina Bosse, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Peng Chi, Donigan Cumming, Danica Dakic, Valie Export, Brian Finke, Gilbert + George, Nan Goldin, Alfredo Jaar, Jürgen Klauke, Annie Leibovitz, Boris Mikhailov, Dario Mitidieri, Adam Nadel, Nobuyoshi Araki, Gundula Schulze Eldowy, Andres Serrano, and Larry Towell.
Teutloff Collection
At an early juncture, more than twenty years ago, the German collector Lutz Teutloff began to develop a sensibility marked by a concern for the perpetual transformations that constitute the 'human' and the 'body,' as documented in contemporary photography, film, and video production. The individual works of art in the Teutloff collection, as well as the collection itself, inform and constitute a critical commentary on the 'condition humaine' and the momentous changes taking place today. The collection thus exemplifies a thematic approach to collecting art, and it illustrates the ever-increasing fascination with and alterations to the concept of the 'human' in this age of technological and cultural transformation. It takes place at a particular moment when the human body is increasingly reduced to a supposedly self-evident and instrumentalized 'thing' under the all-pervasive gaze of commerical media and the biological sciences, as well as the body cults and healthcare crazes that predominate amongst the public at large (Aaron Levy, Slought Foundation).
Teutloff Collection
http://www.teutloff.net
Opening: Saturday 19 January 2008, 6:30 pm
Slought Foundation
4017 Walnut Street PA 19104 Philadelphia, USA
Opening hours: Thurs-Sat 1-6pm