“Brussels Biennial 1: Re-Used Modernity,” 2008
Curator: Barbara Vanderlinden. Description: “The First Brussels Biennial opened on October 19, 2008, the latest to follow in Europe after Moscow had its second edition in 2007. Organized under the general theme of ‘Re-used Modernity,’ the first Brussels Biennial was inspired by World Expo 1958, an event fifty years ago in which technological progress, modernity […]
Simon Starling, Infestation Piece (Musselled Moore), 2007-08
Artist: Simon Starling (born 1967 in Epsom, England; lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark). Description: “The centerpiece of Simon Starling’s new exhibition at The Power Plant, Infestation Piece (Musselled Moore), demands some explanation to be fully understood. The story of the project starts in the late 1940s at the Art Gallery of Toronto (now the Art […]
Leonor Antunes, “Dwelling Place,” 2007
Artist: Leonor Antunes (born 1972 in Lisbon, Portugal; lives and works in Lisbon and Berlin, Germany). Curator: Aurélie Voltz. Description: A 2007 exhibition for the Associazione Barriera in Turin, Italy based on Eileen Gray.
Armando Andrade Tudela, Espace Niemeyer (Filmstill), 2007
Artist: Armando Andrade Tudela (born 1975 in Lima, Peru; lives and works in Saint-Étienne, France). Materials: 16-mm film, transferred to DVD; 10 min. Description: The façade of Oscar Niemeyer’s iconic communist headquarters building in Paris partially superimposed with the light of an infrared lamp—an image of utopian reality transformed by visual abstraction.
Falke Pisano, Object Construction 1: Reflective Abstraction (Mishima), 2007
Artist: Falke Pisano (born 1978 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands; lives and works in Berlin, Germany). Description: Installation of 13 copies of a novel by Yukio Mishima meant to resemble Josef Albers’s Structural Constellation: Transformation of a Scheme from 1950. “For her part, Pisano has gone so far as to collapse the relationship between text, reference, and work entirely, creating installations […]
Dora García, Film (Hôtel Wolfers), 2007
Artist: Dora García (born 1965 in Valladolid, Spain; lives and works in Barcelona, Spain). Materials: 35-mm film, black-and-white, sound, transferred to video; 11 min 30 sec. Description: “The camera’s eye tours through an abandoned house. Accurately it scans the walls, the window panes in their metal grooves and the light rooms. Its gaze slides over […]
Florian Pumhösl, Modernology (Triangular Atelier), 2007
Artist: Florian Pumhösl (born 1971 in Vienna, Austria; lives and works in Vienna). Materials: Enamel on glass, vitrine, and upholstered screen; variable dimensions. Description: “The interaction between these two concerns is especially well illustrated by Pumhösl’s expansive, room-size installation Modernology (Triangular Atelier), 2007, which was on view at Documenta 12. Based on the artist’s research into multidisciplinary exchanges among […]
Yael Bartana, Summer Camp / Awodah, 2007
Artist: Yael Bartana (born 1970 in Kfar Yehezkel, Israel; lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Berlin, Germany). Materials: Two-channel video and sound installation; 12 min. Description: “Summer Camp shows the activities of ‘The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions’ (ICAHD); their actions consist amongst others of rebuilding Palestinian houses in the occupied territories. In the […]
Juan Araujo, Canoas 6, 2007
Artist: Juan Araújo (born 1971 in Caracas, Venezuela; lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal). Materials: Oil and wax on wood; 25.3 x 37. 5 cm. Description: “Since 1998 Araujo has been dedicated to artistic appropriations. He began by creating paintings which investigated the history of art by reproducing artists’ work found in books, catalogues and […]
Andreas Fogarasi, Kultur und Freizeit, 2007
Artist: Andreas Fogarasi (born 1977 in Vienna, Austria; lives and works in Vienna). Description: “From June to November 2007 the Hungarian Pavilion of the 52nd Venice Biennale showcases Andreas Fogarasi’s project Kultur und Freizeit (Culture and Leisure) curated by Katalin Timar. The project focuses on cultural peripheries and the separation of the locations of popular […]
