german galleries / index cities / index galleries / index artists / index Munich
Kunstverein MünchenGaleriestraße 4 |
||
|
10.06. ¨ - 15.08. 2010 Ian KiaerWaste Land Kunstverein M¨ünchen is happy to present the solo-show Many many women by London-based painter Silke Otto-Knapp (*1970, Osnabr¨'ck). The exhibition focuses on Otto-Knapp's most recent body of work, exploring the different facets in which the artist combines a historic pictorial syntax with her interest in staged spaces, scenarios and gestures. Otto-Knapp investigates how the 'culture' of painting might be situated within a wider notion of shared culture: for instance in the abstract language of modern dance, the spatial staging of formal gardens or theatrical interiors and designs. The exhibition Many many women takes its title from an essay by Gertrude Stein. In 1927/28 Stein collaborated with composer Virgil Thomson on an opera called 'Four Saints in Three Acts' which was first staged in 1934 with an all black cast. Sets and costumes were designed by the painter and poet Florine Stettheimer (1871 ¨C 1944), who also features prominently in a number of Silke Otto-Knapp¡s recent paintings. The exhibition Many many women will bring together paintings that depict very different scenes, characters and constellations, not following a particular plot, biography or chronology. Using layers of watercolour and gouache on canvas, figures and backdrops emerge and define the pictorial space, while exploring the settings in which women have appeared and performed throughout the history of modernity. Many many women is part of a series of exhibitions in Munich, entitled ¡®Farbe Bekennen¡, with exhibitions at Haus der Kunst, Lenbachhaus, Alte Pinakothek and Pinakothek der Moderne. In this combination of different generations of painting exhibitions, the particular objective of Kunstverein M¨'nchen is to explore a conceptual approach to the medium, aiming to expand the frame of the canvas into a three-dimensional podium. As such, a contemporary form of art production is joined with the unique and outstanding academic history of the Kunstverein M¨'nchen - still reflected in the exhibition spaces, both in terms of location and architectural dimensions. The heritage of pictorial space will take the center stage in its opening exhibitions ¨C as well as spatial composition or artistic material ¨C and provides a reflective backdrop for which to identify a post-conceptual practice that advocates a political dimension in display, memory and representation.
Donnerstag, 8. Juli 2010, 16 Uhr Der Titel der Veranstaltung the ragpicker and the dandy steht für die verschiedenen Aspekte, die Ian Kiaer in seine künstlerische Produktion einfließen lässt. In seiner aktuellen Ausstellung im Münchner Kunstverein zeigt er Assemblagen gefundener Objekte, die in einem alltäglichen Kontext leicht übersehen werden könnten und stellt sie formalen Überlegungen zu monochromer Malerei gegenüber. Durch ihre bewusste Platzierung in den Räumen des Kunstvereins werden sie zu einer ästhetischen Komposition. Roger Cook, wurde während der 1980er Jahre, als er an der University of Reading lehrte, eher zufällig Model und somit Teil der Modeindustrie und spielte u.a. in dem Film The Garden (1990) des Kultfilmemachers Derek Jarman die Rolle des Jesus Christus. Er arbeitete an öffentlichen Veranstaltungen und Publikationen zu zeitgenössischer Kunst und Kultur mit. Momentan forscht er am Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies an der University of London zum Thema des Dandyism. Roger Cook und Ian Kiaer, welche sich seit ihrer gemeinsamen
Zeit als Dozenten an der University of Reading kennen, vereint
das gemeinsame Interesse am Thema des Dandyism. So Cook
über Kiaer: Ian Kiaer sowie Roger Cook werden Stellung zu the ragpicker and the dandy beziehen und anschließend in einer offenen Diskussion untersuchen. Der Salong ist ein von Studenten selbstorganisierter
Raum in der Akademie der Bildenden Künste in München.
Er entstand aus den Studentenprotesten im Herbst 2009 und dient
seither als Plattform für soziokulturelle, politische und
künstlerische Aktivitäten. The title of the event the ragpicker and the dandy will reflect on particular aspects that influence Kiaer's practice. In his current exhibition at Kunstverein München he is showing groupings of found objects, that in an ordinary context might easily be overlooked, relating them to the more formal concerns of monochrome painting. By carefully placing them in the showrooms of Kunstverein they become part of an aesthetic composition. In the mid-1980s while lecturing at the University of Reading, Roger Cook found himself unexpectedly recruited into the fashion industry as a male model. As a result the underground-filmmaker Derek Jarman invited him to perform as a featured extra (Jesus Christ) in his film The Garden (1990). He has contributed to public events and publications on contemporary art and culture. He is currently undertaking research into dandyism as a visiting fellow at the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of London. Cook and Kiaer, who first met as colleagues at Reading university
share the subject of Dandyism as a field of interest.
Quoting Cook on Kiaer: Both Kiaer and Cook will comment the ragpicker and the dandy and afterwards lead the topic to an open discussion. Salong is a space at Akademie der Bildenden Künste
München self-organised by students.
german galleries: index Munich
|
||
