Exhibition
Thomas Demand. L’image volée
17 Mar 2016 – 28 Aug 2016
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 19:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 21:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 21:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 21:00
- Monday
- 10:00 – 19:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 19:00
Address
- Largo Isarco 2
- Milan
Lombardy - 20139
- Italy
Travel Information
- Tram 24 - via Ripamonti /via Lorenzini stop Bus line 65 - Largo Isarco stop
- Underground M3 Lodi T.I.B.B. stop (P.le Lodi / V.le Isonzo exit)
“L’image volée”, a group show curated by artist Thomas Demand, revolves around the idea that we all stand on someone else’s shoulders, and explores how artists have always referred to existing imagery to make their own.
About
Questioning the boundaries between originality, conceptual inventiveness and the culture of the copy, the project will focus on theft, authorship, annexation and the creative potential of such pursuits.
Situated in a special exhibition architecture by sculptor Manfred Pernice, the show will present 80 works realized by about 45 artists between 1820 and the present day, including commissions by John Baldessari, Oliver Laric and Sara Cwynar amongst others. An illustrated book will accompany the project, with essays by Russell Ferguson, Christy Lange, short stories by Ian McEwan and Ali Smith, and interventions by Rainer Erlinger and Don McLean, published by Fondazione Prada.