Art
Solace
Thursday, February 4, 2010 - Saturday, May 15, 2010
The exhibition shows art in a very mundane sense as a source of solace, committed both to the mildly intoxicating character of beauty and the inebriating quality of alcohol, aligning itself with the baser genres of still-life and decoration.
The show consists of two perspectives. One that addresses the topic of solace in a contemplative movement revolving around objects, video and painting on view at the Austrian Cultural Forum. The other focuses on the aspect of inebriation and intoxication, and assembles art works in different venues. In the course of the exhibition, these other venues will become the focal points of various, to some extent participative, projects.
Artists include: THE BRUCE HIGH QUALITY FOUNDATION, Peter COFFIN, Judith HOPF, Alex HUBBARD, KOUDLAM, Ruth LASKEY, MAHONY, Sands MURRAY-WASSINK, Gerwald ROCKENSCHAUB, Martha ROSLER, Misha STROJ, Piotr UKLANSKI, and Rita VITORELLI and others.
Executive Producers and Curators: Severin DÜNSER, Andreas HUBER, Christian KOBALD, Emanuel LAYR, Andreas STADLER & Rita VITORELLI.
Exhibition Coordinator: Natascha BOOJAR
SOLACE Program
Events during the course of the exhibition include:
- Film Screening selected and introduced by Andreas Huber
- spike art magazine Party
- Poetry and “Wiener Lieder zu Philosophie und Ökonomie” (Viennese Songs on Philosophy and Economy) by Felix Kaufmann
- Walks through town with artists showing places where they find or found personal consolation
Dates, locations and other events: tba