The New Public
15 Sep 2012 - 13 Jan 2013
The New Public, Museion 2012.
In primo piano/im Vordergrund/front: Christian Jankowski, El Che, 2007 © the artist; Courtesy Lisson Gallery, London
In primo piano/im Vordergrund/front: Christian Jankowski, El Che, 2007 © the artist; Courtesy Lisson Gallery, London
THE NEW PUBLIC
From a new public dimension to new users
Curated by Rein Wolfs
15 September 2012 - 13 January 2013
Artists in the exhibition
Nina Beier, Rossella Biscotti & Kevin van Braak, Juliette Blightman, Valentin Carron, Matias Faldbakken, Petrit Halilaj, Christian Jankowski, San Keller, Klara Lidén, Erik van Lieshout, Helen Marten, Metahaven, Danh Vo.
“The New Public. From a new public dimension to new users.” is the exhibition set to open Museion’s autumn season on 14th September, curated by Rein Wolfs, Museion’s guest curator for 2012 and director of the Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel. Our concept of the public dimension has changed hugely over the last few decades. On one hand, public control over economic and social developments has weakened, making way for a new world order run by the private economy – a situation that is lambasted by protest movements such as Occupy.
In other ways, however, the concept of the “public sphere” has gained increasing importance in today’s society. Thanks to modern technologies, social media and the internet, the intimate is immediately published; thoughts are declared before they are even properly formulated, and anything perceived as immoral is instantly condemned. The term “political correctness” is increasingly losing terrain and populism is rife, with the majority view being taken as a political norm. The public sphere has become a new public sphere.
The importance of the public in contemporary art has also changed radically. The new modes of communication have influenced the way museums work when it comes to mediation and public relations. Moreover, curatorial work and even artistic practice itself have developed new and unexpected strategies for relating to the public. Thanks to the paradigm shift occasioned by the so-called “educational turn”, the public has changed, becoming what could be considered a new public.
The works on display for “New Public” express different artistic visions of the new public dimension: the comparison/contrast between public and private (Helen Marten, Erik van Lieshout, Juliette Blightman, Petrit Halilaj and Danh Vo); the contamination between “public space” and museum venue (Matias Faldbakken, Klara Lidén); the fine line between the free market and public art (Christian Jankowski, Nina Beier, Metahaven) and lastly the demise and monumentalisation of public ideologies and religion (Rossella Biscotti & Kevin van Braak, Valentin Carron).
From a new public dimension to new users
Curated by Rein Wolfs
15 September 2012 - 13 January 2013
Artists in the exhibition
Nina Beier, Rossella Biscotti & Kevin van Braak, Juliette Blightman, Valentin Carron, Matias Faldbakken, Petrit Halilaj, Christian Jankowski, San Keller, Klara Lidén, Erik van Lieshout, Helen Marten, Metahaven, Danh Vo.
“The New Public. From a new public dimension to new users.” is the exhibition set to open Museion’s autumn season on 14th September, curated by Rein Wolfs, Museion’s guest curator for 2012 and director of the Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel. Our concept of the public dimension has changed hugely over the last few decades. On one hand, public control over economic and social developments has weakened, making way for a new world order run by the private economy – a situation that is lambasted by protest movements such as Occupy.
In other ways, however, the concept of the “public sphere” has gained increasing importance in today’s society. Thanks to modern technologies, social media and the internet, the intimate is immediately published; thoughts are declared before they are even properly formulated, and anything perceived as immoral is instantly condemned. The term “political correctness” is increasingly losing terrain and populism is rife, with the majority view being taken as a political norm. The public sphere has become a new public sphere.
The importance of the public in contemporary art has also changed radically. The new modes of communication have influenced the way museums work when it comes to mediation and public relations. Moreover, curatorial work and even artistic practice itself have developed new and unexpected strategies for relating to the public. Thanks to the paradigm shift occasioned by the so-called “educational turn”, the public has changed, becoming what could be considered a new public.
The works on display for “New Public” express different artistic visions of the new public dimension: the comparison/contrast between public and private (Helen Marten, Erik van Lieshout, Juliette Blightman, Petrit Halilaj and Danh Vo); the contamination between “public space” and museum venue (Matias Faldbakken, Klara Lidén); the fine line between the free market and public art (Christian Jankowski, Nina Beier, Metahaven) and lastly the demise and monumentalisation of public ideologies and religion (Rossella Biscotti & Kevin van Braak, Valentin Carron).