Generali
Foundation
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Adrian
Piper
since 1965
May 17 through August 18, 2002
Generali Foundation
Wiedner Hauptstrasse 15
1040 Vienna, Austria
Phone (+43 1) 504 98 80
Fax (+43 1) 504 98 83
found.office@generali.at
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Adrian Piper since 1965
May 17 through August 18, 2002
This exhibition will be the first major retrospective of Adrian Piper's
important oeuvre to be presented in Austria: in fact, the largest ever
to
be shown in Europe. A broad spectrum of her works will be displayed,
ranging from paintings and early conceptual works of the sixties and the
performances of the seventies to recent works. Even as a relatively
young
artist, Adrian Piper, born in 1948 in Harlem/New York, USA, already had
an
impressive career as a conceptual artist. At the start of the seventies,
performances in public began to take over from austere, text-based works
appearing in publications.
Since the eighties, Adrian Piper has been known for her interrogations
of
themes such as racism, xenophobia, and the nature of the self. Her
worksphoto/text collages, drawings, performances and (video)
installationsare conceived as an act of political communication. The
artist wants to provoke viewers into reacting directly to their own
often
deeply rooted impulses and answers regarding these topics. Because Piper
is also an academically trained philosopher, she avoids using an elitist
artistic language. A series of early conceptual works and audio
pieces
produced by the artist in the sixties will be presented here for the
first
time in Europe.
An extensive publication will be accompanying the exhibition. This book,
the first German-language publication about Adrian Piper, will deal with
both aspects of this artist, author and philosopher: her artistic work
and
her writings on art and art criticism. Further European exhibitions are
planned following this presentation at the Generali Foundation.
For further information please go to:
http://foundation.gene
rali.at/index_e.htm
Curator: Sabine Breitwieser
Curatorial Assistance, Exhibition Production: Nadja Wiesener
With the kind support of Das Triest
Guided tours every Saturday 4 pm and by appointment
Program for schools and groups: (+43 1) 504 98 80 ext. 16
Exhibition hours Tuesday to Sunday, public holidays 11 am to 6 pm,
Thursdays, till 8 pm
Press office: Ines Juen-Ziermann (+43 1) 504 98 80 ext 24,
found.presse@generali.at
Artistic and Managing Director: Sabine Breitwieser
The Generali Foundation is the art association of the Generali Group
based
in Vienna; its purpose is the support and promotion of contemporary art.
Members are the Generali Holding Vienna AG, the Generali Versicherung
AG,
Generali Rückversicherung AG, the Interunfall Versicherung AG and the
Generali Vermögens-und Immobilienverwaltungs- AG. 3/2002
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