Event
curated by_vienna 2016: Meine Herkunft habe ich mir selbst ausgedacht
09 Sep 2016 – 15 Oct 2016
Wirtschaftsagentur Wien
Vienna, Austria
Exhibition
curated by_Krist Gruijthuijsen: The Me in Me
9 Sep 2016 – 15 Oct 2016
Event times
Tue—Fri, 11 am—7 pm; Sat, 11 am—4 pm
Address
- Schleifmühlgasse 5
- Vienna
Wien - 1040
- Austria
Event map
Taking a painterly object by the Icelandic artist Hreinn Fridfinnsson (*1943) as a starting point, the exhibition explores the vulnerable understanding of the self through (de)mystifying ideas of representation.
About
The artwork is based on Fridfinnsson’s “secrets project” of over 40 years. In the early 1970s, he placed an advert in a magazine asking people to send him their secrets. By posing as a collector of secrets, the artist would, he thought, allay suspicions that he had any ulterior motive in using or revealing privileged information that might come his way. The secret, Fridfinnsson may be telling us, is that there isn't one. His art, on the other hand, is an invitation to imagine that there might be. The exhibited works by Jason Dodge, Barbara Visser, Tamy Ben-Tor, Hanne Lippard, Ben Kinmont reflect on Fridfinnsson’s venture.
