The interpenetration of art and life as avant-gardist wishful thinking—aligned to a supposedly better “other life”—appears to have taken effect in economic and social realms in particular. Concepts that were once of emancipatory nature have a cheerful afterlife in the world of management, in the working environment, in actuarial directives, or in historical-political fictions. This exhibition focuses on artistic projects that analytically address visualization strategies against, along, or in accordance with these developments.
Artist
Yael Bartana (IL), Gianfranco Baruchello (IT), Clegg&Guttmann (Michael Clegg IE, Martin Guttmann IL), Peter Fend (US), Matt Mullican (CA, US), Henrik Olesen (DK), Anna Oppermann (DE), Katya Sander(DE), Dierk Schmidt (DE), Andreas Siekmann (DE), Costa Vece (CH), Stephen Willats (UK),Thomas Locher
Thomas Locher is an artist and curator with roots in the neo-conceptualism of the 1980s. His continual interest in language and its relation to writing can be placed at the interface of textuality and visuality; he has also always been interested in the subject and its relation to the object. In his work he has dealt with the German constitution and with human rights and their reality, their concepts, postulates and historical and ideological basis. He has also looked into peripheral economic issues by way of topics such as barter and gift, fetishism of commodity objects as well as terms such as loan, credibility or work.
Georg Kargl Fine Arts
Schleifmühlgasse 5, 1040 Wienwww.georgkargl.com