Indeed, "5 years of bad art after 9/11" comes to mind.
It is incredible, that the ONLY convincing internationally known
political art against Abu Graib etc is by good old Botero, who is
believed to paint for society ladies. Maybe he was never unpolitical
with his fat officers etc.
Net.art seems to be brain.dead,
H.
Armin Medosch wrote:
100 years after futurism and 50 years after American abstract and
minimalism accusations against art mysticism and a-political
formalism which have been raised then are only ever more evident
now. abstract --> retreat into 'pure' form instrumentalized by neo-
conservative government for the construction of nationalist cultural
identity as export commodity.
resist!
Armin Medosch
On 25 Sep 06, at 14:08, Oliver Grau wrote:
THEAUSTRIANABSTRACTS
23TH SEP TO 15TH OCT 2006
ARTI ET AMICITIAE, ROKIN 112, 1012 LB AMSTERDAM
OPENING: 22TH SEP 2006, 7 P.M.
OPENING PERFORMANCE: NTSC
The exhibition presents 27 Austrian-based artists dealing with
abstraction in different styles and media. The show is divided into
three, interrelated sections: an exhibition hall featuring a
"classical" compilation of paintings, photographs and
installations; a cinema showing digital videos; and a lounge
hosting a variety of computer-based works.
Exhibition: Gregor Eldarb, Franz Gebetsberger, Margit Hartnagel,
Sabina Hörtner, Lotte Lyon, Günther Selichar, Esther Stocker,
Gerold Tagwerkerker
Videos: Tina Frank, Karoe Goldt, Michaela Grill, Dariusz Kowalski,
m.ash, Maia Gusberti, reMI, Billy Roisz, Michaela Schwentner, Nik
Thönen/Timo Novotny
Computerbased works: [n:ja], Gerhard Daurer, dextro, Andres Ramirez
Gaviria, Lia, Pfaffenbichler/Schreiber, tinhoko
http://www.theaustrianabstracts.net
(full version will be online sep 15th)
http://www.arti.nl
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