Horror Patriae
Press release
19.09.2024
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Duration
20.09.2024 - 16.02.2025
Opening
19.09.2024 6pm
Press event
19.09.2024 10am - 11am
Place of the press event
Neue Galerie Graz
Curators
Ekaterina Degot, David Riff, Gábor Thury und Pieternel Vermoortel, Beatrice Forchini und Tobias Ihl
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The exhibition Horror Patriae is a centerpiece of steirischer herbst ’24. It examines a darker side of patriotism in all its forms, all over the world. Its venue is the historical building of the Joanneum (today Universalmuseum Joanneum). Founded in 1811 as an Enlightenment-era museum with an educational function, the Joanneum was the center of what historian Benedict Anderson calls an “imagined community.” As Anderson argues in his inspirational book of the same name, all nation-states as we know them are inventions, works of collective imagination by the educated class. Museums, as well as novels, newspapers, and theater plays, are sites of these construction works.
Artists
Sarnath Banerjee, Renate Bertlmann, Anna Boghiguian, Sergey Bratkov, Pablo Bronstein, Madison Bycroft, Ieva Epnere, VALIE EXPORT, Peter Friedl, Robert Gabris, Tomislav Gotovac, Assaf Gruber, Jan Peter Hammer, Thomas Hörl, Jakub Jansa, Nikolay Karabinovych, Alina Kleytman, David Kranzelbinder, Ingo Niermann und Erik Niedling, Paulina Ołowska, Michèle Pagel, Hannes Priesch, Roee Rosen, Daniel Rycharski, Marko Tadić, Helene Thümmel, Piotr Urbaniec, Andreas Werner.
From the collection of the Neue Galerie
AES+F, András Felvidéki, Wolf Gössler, Drago Julius Prelog, Hans Werner Poschauko, Paolo Tessari, Norbert Trummer, Franco Vaccari and more.
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steirischer herbst'24, exhibition view „Horror Patriae“ at the Neue Galerie Graz
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Ausstellungsansicht „Horror Patriae“ mit Sarnath Banerjee
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Exhibition view „Horror Patriae“, AES+F "Graz 2006" (1997), left, Vinzenz Kreuzer "Der Kilimandscharo in Afrika" (1870), middle, Robert Gabris "Insectology in My Body" (2020), right
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Exhibition view „Horror Patriae“, "Slawin in Urtracht" (1936–37) left, Helene Thümmel "Kritik und Kontrolle" (2024), in front, David Kranzelbinder "Grenzland" (2020–24), right
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steirischer herbst'24, exhibition view „Horror Patriae“ at the Neue Galerie Graz
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steirischer herbst'24, exhibition view „Horror Patriae“ at the Neue Galerie Graz
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Exhibition view, „Horror Patriae“ mit Reinhold Ludwig Krassnig "Weinlese" (1946)
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steirischer herbst'24, exhibition view „Horror Patriae“ at the Neue Galerie Graz
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steirischer herbst'24, exhibition view „Horror Patriae“ at the Neue Galerie Graz
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Ausstellungsansicht „Horror Patriae“, Michéle Pagel "White Trash bag #1 and #2" (2023), links und Paulina Olowska, "Mokosh and Friends" (2023), rechts
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Exhibition view „Horror Patriae“, Michéle Pagel "White Traah bag #1 and #2" (2023), left and Sergey Bratkov, "Wiepersdorf (for Artist Friends)" (2023), right
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steirischer herbst'24, exhibition view „Horror Patriae“ at the Neue Galerie Graz
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[Translate to English:] Ausstellungsansicht „Horror Patriae“, Thomas Hörl "Ahnengalerie" (2024)
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steirischer herbst'24, exhibition view „Horror Patriae“ at the Neue Galerie Graz
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Exhibition view „Horror Patriae“, "In Memoriam Hanns Korren, Künstler unbekannt (2002), left,
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steirischer herbst'24, exhibition view „Horror Patriae“ at the Neue Galerie Graz
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