20 artists curating exhibitions in 20 galleries
art&film
6 May – 5 June 2010
20 artists curating exhibitions
in 20 galleries
Opening: Thursday, 6 May 2010, 6 – 10 pm
After a successful start in 2009, the ambitious Viennese project “curated by_vienna” will take place for the second time in 2010, opening May 6.20 artists will curate exhibitions on the topic “art&film” in 20 galleries in Vienna.
curated by_vienna encourages systematic cooperation between galleries and curators. In 2010, the focus is on the artist as curator. Each of the 20 participating Viennese galleries has selected one artist, who will curate a show on “art&film” in the gallery spaces. Thus, 20 exhibitions running in parallel will allow visitors to compare how 20 artists explore the theme of art&film as curators and which other artists and artworks they select for their respective shows. Visitors can thereby gain valuable insight into both artistic and curatorial practices. The curating artists are encouraged to present the unexpected and new, but also to include artists living and working in Vienna, given the city’s longstanding fascination with art and film and their multiple interfaces.
art&film: In 2010 curated by_vienna will focus on references to cinema in art. In view of the long tradition of cross-fertilization between art and film, what still interests artists today about the moving picture and its representations? What opportunities are presented by the use of moving images in the gallery space? What foundations do new works build on; what role is played by issues of historicity and narration, by projection, installation or immersion, Hollywood and experimental film, feature films and sitcoms?
The range of artistic works today that make use of the filmed image or pointedly reference it is enormous. Documentary approaches are just as significant as performative or conceptual routes. Likewise to be considered are references to film as a pop and mass phenomenon, i.e. as a symptom or indicator of social change.
curated by_vienna 2010 attempts a comprehensive dissection of what is currently a particularly virulent web of relations in the cultural field – an exciting analysis that puts up for discussion currently prevailing institutional conditions as well as aesthetic explorations of space and time, and the quest for artistic and social scopes for action.
The following artists will curate exhibitions in 20 Viennese galleries:
Pawel Althamer: Galerie Dana Charkasi
Martin Arnold : Galerie Martin Janda
Julien Bismuth: Layr Wuestenhagen
Pierre Bismuth: Christine König Galerie
Blue Noses: Knoll Galerie Wien
Josef Dabernig: Galerie Andreas Huber
VALIE EXPORT: Charim Galerie Wien
Sanja Iveković: Galerie Ernst Hilger
Anna Jermolaewa: Engholm Galerie
Laleh Khorramian: Galerie Krinzinger
Marko Lulić: Gabriele Senn Galerie
Ursula Mayer : Krobath Wien
Albert Oehlen: Galerie Mezzanin
Tony Oursler: Galerie Steinek
Fabrizio Plessi: Mario Mauroner
Mathias Poledna: Galerie Meyer Kainer
Stephan Reusse: Lukas Feichtner Galerie
Nadim Vardag: Galerie Georg Kargl
Clemens von Wedemeyer: Galerie Nächst St. Stephan
Amy Yoes: Galerie Grita Insam
The list of artistic positions included in curated by_vienna 2010 will be available in March.
The opening of curated by_vienna 2010 takes place on May 6, 2010, 6 – 10 pm, and coincides with VIENNAFAIR 2010. The 20 gallery exhibitions will be on view from May 6 through June 5 and will be accompanied by a series of panel discussions to be held at the departure lounge of VIENNAFAIR. A catalogue will be available in May 2010.
curated by_vienna 2010 is presented by departure, Vienna’s point of contact and funding organization in the field of creative industries including visual arts and the art market. departure is an initiative of the City of Vienna and a company of the Vienna Business Agency. curated by_vienna 2010 is organized and funded by departure in cooperation with the 20 participating galleries. Additional funding is provided by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture (BMUKK).
For further information please contact:
Elisabeth Noever-Ginthör
departure wirtschaft, kunst und kultur gmbh
Hörlgasse 12, A-120100 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43 1 4000-87106
Fax: +43 1 4000-8712010
E-Mail: noever-ginthoer@departure.at
