Evil Clowns exhibition Dortmunder U | 3rd floor | 09/27/2014 - 03/08/2015
‘Dangerous clowns are standing by the side of the road’, sang the
Düsseldorf band Der Plan as early as 1979. The exhibition Evil Clowns
explores the often disquieting figure of the clown, which has made an
“uncanny” career in recent years. Today (evil) clowns appear in a wide
range of contexts including (anti-)advertisement (Ronald McDonald and
various spoofs), political activism (The Yes Men), TV series (Krusty in
The Simpsons), horror films and Hollywood productions (Killer Clowns
from Outer Space; Pennywise in Stephen King’s It; the Joker as Batman’s
opponent), pop music (Der Plan, The Residents) and in contemporary art.
The masked jester makes us laugh – but behold: There’s Nothing Funny
About a Clown in the Moonlight (Lon Chaney). This was again demonstrated
recently by the Northampton Clown. The international exhibition Evil
Clowns at Hartware MedienKunstVerein explores this ambivalent character.
’Send in the clowns!’ (Frank Sinatra)
As part of the exhibition Evil Clowns HMKV cooperates with
Jeu de Paume in Paris, who have commissioned new work by Constant
Dullaart (NL): "High Retention, Slow Delivery!!" (2014)
With works by:
Anonymous
Marion Auburtin (FR)
Blue Noses (RU)
Barbara Breitenfellner (DE)
The Cacophony Society (US)
Kimberly Clark (NL)
Deichkind (DE)
Constant Dullaart (NL)
George Grosz (DE)
Guerrilla Girls (US)
Insane Clown Posse
The Joker
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Krusty the Clown
Laibach (SI)
Renzo Martens (NL)
Ronald McDonald
The Northampton Clown
Novi kolektivizem (SI)
Pennywise
Der Plan (DE)
Pogo the Clown
Abner Preis (IL/US/NL)
Pussy Riot (RU)
The Residents (US)
Roee Rosen (IL)
Aura Rosenberg (US/DE)
Christoph Schlingensief (DE)
Cindy Sherman (US)
Super A (DE)
Jeffrey Vallance (US)
The Yes Men (US)
Curated by Inke Arns
The Cacophony Society selection was curated by Marie Lechner.
On the occasion of the exhibition a book will be published in January
2015 containing essays by Inke Arns, Mark Dery, Judith Funke and Marie
Lechner.
Tickets: €5 / €2,50 concessions
Program Tips: On Saturday, 27 September 2014 the 14th Dortmund DEW21
Museum Night will take place. On this day the Dortmunder U will open
only at 4 pm.
Supported by the Art Foundation of NRW (Kunststiftung NRW).
In collaboration with Jeu de Paume (Paris).
Main sponsors of the HMKV:
Cultural Office of the City of Dortmund
Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport of the State of
North Rhine-Westphalia
Dortmunder U – Centre for Art and Creativity
With the kind support of the Office for Visual Arts/Institut français in
collaboration with the French Ministry for Culture and Communication/DGCA.
Media partners:
ARTE Creative
Ruhrgestalten
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