Daniel Spoerri
Collages - Objects
20/02/2003 - 22/03/2003
Galerie Ernst Hilger
www.hilger.at
image:
Daniel Spoerri, Lépreux d`Island, Collagen-Object,
50x70x12cm
The exhibition opens on 20 February 2003 at 19.00 hrs. (open until 22
March 2003).
The artist will be present at the opening of the exhibition.
GALERIE ERNST HILGER is pleased to present a selection of collages and objects by Daniel Spoerri from the years 1970 to 2002 in the
mezzanine of the gallery.
In 1960, the artist produced his first series of “incidental pictures”,
in which he fixes food objects and remnants on a table, in the arrangement in which they are found, presenting them as wall pictures. Very quickly,
these “incidental pictures” met with international recognition.
This material-oriented expression is also reflected, among other things,
in his activities as collector. Spoerri finds that collages and/or objects are the appropriate medium for his art. In his artistic objects, he shows assemblies of every-day objects. Plain objects, such as tables, chairs, medical-technical prongs, household appliances, etc., glances from reality, which are sometimes changed only minutely; but when fitted into
a
new context, they reveal and detect strange features.
The constant crossing of the borders between the different types of art, the cross over linking, for example, dance, music, literature, poetry, sculpture and non-artistic realms, such as science, every-day life or
myths, have become the supreme quality characteristic of Spoerri’s artistic production.
The founder of EatArt and the founding member of the Nouveaux
Réalistes is currently showing a cross-section of his œuvre between 1960 and 2001 at KunstHausWien under the title of “Der Zufall als Meister” (Coincidence
is
the Master).
This exhibition is staged in cooperation with Galerie Thomas Levy
Hamburg.
Short Biography:
1930 – born at Galati/Romania
1942 – escape to Zurich
1960 – co-signatory of the manifesto “Nouveau Réalisme”
His first “incidental pictures” appear.
1963 – détrompe-l’œil pictures and collections like Optique
Moderne
Since 1961 – a great many exhibitions are held throughout the
world.
Professorships at several art colleges.
