Extra Bodies – The Use of the ‹Other Body› in Contemporary Art
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L.A. Raeven
Test Room, 2000
Color photograph
101 x 101 cm
Courtesy the artists and Ellen de Bruijne Projects
Test Room, 2000
Color photograph
101 x 101 cm
Courtesy the artists and Ellen de Bruijne Projects
EXTRA BODIES – THE USE OF THE ‹OTHER BODY› IN CONTEMPORARY ART
18 November 2017 – 4 February 2018
Featuring artworks by:
Vanessa Beecroft
Guy Ben-Ner
Oscar Bony
Christoph Büchel
Clegg & Guttmann
Gino de Dominicis
Maria Eichhorn
Jens Haaning
Yves Klein
L.A. Raeven
Teresa Margolles
Yoshua Okón
Yuri Pattison
Edwin Sánchez
Christoph Schlingensief
Santiago Sierra
Studio Jonas Staal and Democratic Self-Administration
Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei
Stephen Willats
Carey Young
Artur Żmijewski
The exhibition sheds light on a phenomenon in art that first rises to prominence in the 1990s and then explodes in the early years of the new millennium: the artistic practice of resorting to and deploying ‘extra bodies’. Artists select these ‘other bodies’ because of their specific social or biosocial role—which is why they may also be characterized as extras. All works on view share a basic ‘performative’ or ‘theatrical’ quality. Strikingly, the viewer is neither drawn into the action nor invited to participate. Unlike many artistic productions discussed under the rubric of relational aesthetics, these pieces do not demand his active engagement. Taking up both exhibition floors at the museum, the extensive group exhibition featuring numerous works from the collection scrutinizes the various modes in which extras with their social and biosocial roles are presented, and function, in art.
18 November 2017 – 4 February 2018
Featuring artworks by:
Vanessa Beecroft
Guy Ben-Ner
Oscar Bony
Christoph Büchel
Clegg & Guttmann
Gino de Dominicis
Maria Eichhorn
Jens Haaning
Yves Klein
L.A. Raeven
Teresa Margolles
Yoshua Okón
Yuri Pattison
Edwin Sánchez
Christoph Schlingensief
Santiago Sierra
Studio Jonas Staal and Democratic Self-Administration
Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei
Stephen Willats
Carey Young
Artur Żmijewski
The exhibition sheds light on a phenomenon in art that first rises to prominence in the 1990s and then explodes in the early years of the new millennium: the artistic practice of resorting to and deploying ‘extra bodies’. Artists select these ‘other bodies’ because of their specific social or biosocial role—which is why they may also be characterized as extras. All works on view share a basic ‘performative’ or ‘theatrical’ quality. Strikingly, the viewer is neither drawn into the action nor invited to participate. Unlike many artistic productions discussed under the rubric of relational aesthetics, these pieces do not demand his active engagement. Taking up both exhibition floors at the museum, the extensive group exhibition featuring numerous works from the collection scrutinizes the various modes in which extras with their social and biosocial roles are presented, and function, in art.