Unicorn is more than Nation
07 Aug - 20 Sep 2014
© Kundy Crew
Unicorn is more than Nation, 2014
embroidery
15x11 cm
Unicorn is more than Nation, 2014
embroidery
15x11 cm
© Jarmila Mitrikova & David Demianovic
Forest Ceremony, 2012
pyrography on plywood and wood dye painting
180x125 cm
Forest Ceremony, 2012
pyrography on plywood and wood dye painting
180x125 cm
© Csaba Nemes
Activist Cockade, 2013
3 photos by Zsuzsi Flohr
à 21x29,7 cm
Activist Cockade, 2013
3 photos by Zsuzsi Flohr
à 21x29,7 cm
© Tara (von Neudorf)
Trianon, 2006
Tusche und Marker auf Papier
70x100 cm
Trianon, 2006
Tusche und Marker auf Papier
70x100 cm
© Gert Resinger
Gery Designer Serie, 2014
Collage, Karton, Holz
200x150 cm, ed 2/5
Gery Designer Serie, 2014
Collage, Karton, Holz
200x150 cm, ed 2/5
© Sazbolcs Kisspál
Amorous Inscription, 2012
c-print
42x59,4 cm
Amorous Inscription, 2012
c-print
42x59,4 cm
UNICORN IS MORE THAN NATION
7 August - 20 September 2014
Florian Aschka (D)
Ágnes Eperjesi (HU)
Kundy Crew (SK)
Szabolcs Kisspál (HU)
Tibor Horváth (HU)
Marek Kvetan (SK)
Jarmila Mitríková & Dávid Demjanovič (SK)
Csaba Nemes (HU)
Tara (von Neudorf) (RO)
Tomáš Rafa (SK)
Gert Resinger (AT)
Alexander Raevski (MD)
Lawrence Weiner (USA)
curators: Hans Knoll, Simona Bérešová
The summer exhibition „Unicorn is more than Nation“ at Knoll Gallery Vienna deals with the topic „nation“, which has become important in Europe again.
The artists elaborate the issue partly in a fundamental, partly in a humorous way. The exhibited works reflect different forms of the legitimation of nationalist ideologies. On the one hand its history and how it can be constructed. On the other hand the folk traditions and folklore, which have the power to appear timeless and native thanks to the preservation of the same forms. An important part of the national consciousness are symbols which comprise a sacred value, but which are ironised and demythicized by the artists. Several works challenge the forms of power, which seem to be universal and to which nationalism belongs too.
Resistent movements, riots, protests and demonstrations are essential here. Therefore the presented works are dealing with a wide scale of questions touching the topic of the „nation“ directly or indirectly. The artists belonging to different parts of Europe focus on general or international aspects as well as on issues of their own countries.
7 August - 20 September 2014
Florian Aschka (D)
Ágnes Eperjesi (HU)
Kundy Crew (SK)
Szabolcs Kisspál (HU)
Tibor Horváth (HU)
Marek Kvetan (SK)
Jarmila Mitríková & Dávid Demjanovič (SK)
Csaba Nemes (HU)
Tara (von Neudorf) (RO)
Tomáš Rafa (SK)
Gert Resinger (AT)
Alexander Raevski (MD)
Lawrence Weiner (USA)
curators: Hans Knoll, Simona Bérešová
The summer exhibition „Unicorn is more than Nation“ at Knoll Gallery Vienna deals with the topic „nation“, which has become important in Europe again.
The artists elaborate the issue partly in a fundamental, partly in a humorous way. The exhibited works reflect different forms of the legitimation of nationalist ideologies. On the one hand its history and how it can be constructed. On the other hand the folk traditions and folklore, which have the power to appear timeless and native thanks to the preservation of the same forms. An important part of the national consciousness are symbols which comprise a sacred value, but which are ironised and demythicized by the artists. Several works challenge the forms of power, which seem to be universal and to which nationalism belongs too.
Resistent movements, riots, protests and demonstrations are essential here. Therefore the presented works are dealing with a wide scale of questions touching the topic of the „nation“ directly or indirectly. The artists belonging to different parts of Europe focus on general or international aspects as well as on issues of their own countries.