No illusions
dal 19/9/2008 al 6/12/2008
Segnalato da
19/9/2008
No illusions
KAI 10 Raum for Kunst, Dusseldorf
The display features six selected individual contemporary artists. On one hand, their work represents a dialogue between the older and younger generation, and on the other hand, it resists the trends employed to successfully market superficial appearances. The apparently close relation to architecture or design is deceptive, since different concepts for three-dimensional structures are linked to social, philosophical, and political programs.
Bjorn Dalhem
Thomas Helbig
Manfred Pernice
Marjetica Potrc
Franz West
Heimo Zobernig
The first show at KAI 10 is neither thematic nor programmatic. Rather, it will feature six selected individual contemporary artists. On one hand, their work represents a dialogue between the older and younger generation, and on the other hand, it resists the trends employed to successfully market superficial appearances. No Illusions takes a stand against the tendency of some of today's art to favor illusionism and sensationalism, demonstrating that there are still critical antitheses in today's art. The exhibition will point out an alternative to the dominant strategy in art of “magically asserting that art historical importance is derived from numbers or names, instead of constructively grounding it in the presentation and discussion of art.” (Jörg Heiser).
Although the works on display are thematically different, there are places where they intersect. One of these results from the fact that a few of the works are three-dimensional constructs, some of which recall buildings or scale models. However, the apparently close relation to architecture or design is deceptive, since different concepts for three-dimensional structures are linked to social, philosophical, and political programs.
Another group of works is related to figural representation. Here, too, meaning is not depleted in the reproduction of figures. Rather, they are artistic artifacts created from fragmenting existing “materials of civilization” and the ruins of the formal language of modernism. The frequently recurring roles of irony and jocularity in these works should not be underestimated.
Image: Marjetica Potrc, The Lucy House Tornado Shelter, 2007
KAI 10 Raum for Kunst
Kaistrasse 10 - Dusseldorf
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