« DAMAGE CONTROL, ART AND DESTRUCTION SINCE 1950 », KUNSTHAUS GRAZ
“Damage Control – Art and Destruction Since 1950” / Kunsthaus and BRUSEUM, Graz (AU) / until february 25, 2015.
Group-show impressionnant à Graz (Autriche) que ce « Damage Control – Art and Destruction Since 1950« , réunissant pléthore d’artistes internationaux autour de ce concept. L’art de notre temps reflète un monde de violence. depuis les années 50, les artistes ont été marqués successivement par la seconde guerre mondiale, la vbombe atomique, le Vietnam et quantité d’autres épisodes violents de notre histoire contemporaine, qui les ont beaucoup inspirés iou interrogés. C’est ce constat que tente de dresser cette importante exposition.
Since the mid-20th century artists of various disciplines have demonstrated a growing interest in the concept of destruction or dismantling. “Damage Control” examines this theme from a historical perspective.
The art of our time has again and again reflected a world of violence: as a reaction to the two world wars, to the atomic bomb, or to images of annihilation in the media. Destruction pervades art production and has been employed by artists as a means of conveying institutional critique or expressing cultural anxiety while, often, keeping specific emotional or cultural references at a distance.
“Damage Control” presents a phenomenon that extends beyond art: in particular tracing history from a post war period influenced by American media images, but the exhibition also refers to how today’s fears are determined by current threats such as terrorism and natural disasters–whether real or imagined.
Drawn in part from the Hirshhorn Museum collection, the exhibition brings together groundbreaking works of international significance not just from the branches of painting, film and photography but also from sculpture, installation and performance.
With: Ai Weiwei, Roy Arden, John Baldessari, Walead Besthy, Monica Bonvicini, Mircea Cantor, Vija Celmins, Jake und Dinos Chapman, Bruce Conner, Thomas Demand, Luc Delahaye, Sam Durant, Harold Edgerton, Dara Friedman, Cyprien Gaillard, Ori Gersht, Jack Goldstein, Douglas Gordon, Félix González-Torres, Mona Hatoum, Larry Johnson, Yves Klein, Michael Landy, Christian Marclay, Gordon Matta-Clark, Steve McQueen, Gustav Metzger, Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Juan Muñoz, Laurel Nakadate, Yoshitomo Nara, Arnold Odermatt, Yoko Ono, Pipilotti Rist, Ed Ruscha, Thomas Ruff, Joe Sola, Shōmei Tōmatsu, Jean Tinguely, Jeff Wall, Andy Warhol, Christopher Wool.
Courtesy the artists and Kunsthaus Graz. Photo N. Lackner.
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