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Design Exhibited
Exhibiting design is no longer exceptional. A notion of design that extends to include exhibition scenarios has in fact come to determine the discussion surrounding current product or graphic design, and influence ways of viewing contemporary art. This special issue of the online journal oncurating.org brings together perspectives from curating, design, art and theory. … Continue reading Design Exhibited
Its not a Garden Table
Art and Design in the Expanded Field Artists, designers, and theorists discuss the consequences of design as a self-referential practice, and the aesthetics of life-world in the art context with a special focus on furniture. The publication proposes three approaches to the expanded definition of design today and its relation to the art context: I. … Continue reading Its not a Garden Table
Modification
Anyone who has visited an exhibition space between shows will know that it resembles a construction site, seething with activity as traces of the previous exhibition are removed to make way for a new setup. Such spaces are constantly being reorganized to accommodate a variety of artistic practices, curatorial aims, and architectural givens. Rearrangement takes … Continue reading Modification
Animated Map
Animated Map by the Viennese artist Florian Pumhösl is a kind of “book on the film” which was shown in the Neue Kunst Halle St. Gallen in 2005. The film as well as the book and the correspondent exhibiton deal with the historic exhibition room, the “public storehouse” erected in the beginnning of the 20th century … Continue reading Animated Map
Realization of Art
Published in: Sabine Schaschl (ed.), Thinking Outside the Box, The Museum Haus Konstruktiv Collection (1986–2016) and Guest Interventions, Berlin 2016 At the 11th Triennale di Milano (1957), a rhythmic sequence of vertical stripes becomes the focal point of the Swiss exhibition and appeals strongly to the public. Richard Paul Lohse’s mural 3 gleiche Themen in 5 … Continue reading Realization of Art
(Deutsch) Dubiose Begegnungen
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(Deutsch) Postmodernism, Style and Subversion 1970-1990
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Fabian Marti: Posters, Pots and Fingerprints
Published in: frieze d/e, Winter 2012/2013, London/Berlin. Modernity is marked by a great divide between man and machine, handcraft and mechanical reproduction. While some Modernists embraced crafts – think of Bauhaus – others like the Futurists favoured machines and mass production. The Zurich-based artist Fabian Marti uses hybrid methods like ceramics and photograms that straddle … Continue reading Fabian Marti: Posters, Pots and Fingerprints
Patrick Graf
Published in: frieze d/e, Winter 2011/2012, London/Berlin. Patrick Graf ‘s opera was already in full swing when I arrived at the opening. The artist, five other amateurs and one professional singer were performing using a pre-recorded score of Das auf der Karte westlich gelegene Meer (The Sea to the West on the Map, 20l2), the … Continue reading Patrick Graf