Exhibition
The exhibition brings together works evoking contemporary history in a subjective manner, whether filtering it through autobiography or drawing upon another’s story.It shows the way in which these artists, through the recollection of personal and individual facts, are led to question the writing of the collective historical moment.
Turning away from the pure historical document in favour of an investigation into narrative structure, each of them plays on the representative codes of memory – through editing (Deimantas Narkevičius, Ivan Grubanov), the story-in-a-story (Peter Friedl) or the lack of catharsis or crescendo (Anri Sala) – bringing about an indefinite space-time.
Production
Artworks
3 min 57 s
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes's collection
Courtesy of Galerie Erna Hecey, Brussels
2 min 08 s
Collection of the artist
Courtesy of Hauser & Wirth Zürich, London ; Chantal Crousel gallery, Paris ; Johnen/Schöttle, Berlin, Cologne, Munich
Collection of the artist
Courtesy of Nogueras Blancard gallery, Barcelona
Biographies
Peter Frield
Born in 1960 in Autriche.
Lives and works in Berlin.
The artist is represented by the Galerie Meyer Kainer.
Deimantas Narkevicius
Born in 1964 in Lituania.
Lives and works in Lituania.
The artist is represented by gb Agency.
Anri Sala
Born in 1974 in Albania.
Lives and works in Berlin.
The artist is represented by Galerie Chantal Crousel.
