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Videodreams

Between the Cinematic and Theatralic

Spread conceptually and stylistically from Oskar Schlemmer’s Triadic Ballet and Antonin Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty through the Brechtian epic theater and Verfremdungseffect to Lars von Trier’s Dogville and Robert Lepage’s Geometry of Miracles, this exhibition traces the archaeology of a back stage and a location set in a thorough investigation of poetics and politics of artificiality and illusion.

Hans Kupelwieser

Postmedial Sculptures

A combination of the extended use of materials and operation between form and function is the field of analysis in which Hans Kupelwieser moves.

Sol LeWitt

Wall

Sol LeWitt is an icon of contemporary art. In the sixties, with his spatial structures he contributed to sculpture in a way that changed the understanding of artistic work, and thus became one of the founders of both Minimal and Concept Art. The reduction of forms and contents of his work, as well as the principal critique of its material character and the process of creation, are in the tradition of constructivism of the 20th century. With impressive consistency he developed abstract sculpture into minimalist concepts.

Vera Lutter

Inside In

Vera Lutter: Inside In is the first museum exhibition of the artist’s photographic work to take place on such a large scale in Europe. It presents a vast overview: from the very early 1994 work depicting New York urban environments, to the unique explorations of industrial areas in the “Friedrichshafen” and “Frankfurt Airport” series of 1999 and 2001, through to the photographic studies of interior architecture in “Studios” and “Pepsi Cola” of 2000-2003.

Günter Brus

Work Orbit

This exhibition - held on the occasion of Günter Brus' 65th birthday - was organised by and shown first in the Albertina, Vienna. After its presentation in Graz it will be shown in Kunsthaus Zug and Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Bologna.

Einbildung

The Perception in Art

The subject of the opening exhibition is the phenomenon of perception, our knowledge about it and the conditions it is subject to. Everything begins with perception. Recent research suggests that cognitive processes and neural networks specifically determine and control our visual perceptions.

Phantom of Desire

Visions of Masochism in Art

In co-operation with Graz 2003 – Cultural Capital of Europe

M_ARS

ART AND WAR

Within the scope of Graz 2003 - Cultur Capital of Europe

Cosima von Bonin's

Fund-Oriented Equipment

Her work is characterised by spontaneity accompanied at the same time by the highest level of concentration and precision.

Vuk Cosic

History of Art for the Intelligence Community

"History of Art for the Intelligence Community" is technically described as a front end for Carnivore, the project that mimics FBI's net surveillance software.

In search of Balkania

In Search of Balkania lifts a long overdue ban on the Balkans as a site of intellectual endeavor and cultural desire. Conceived from the outset as a curatorial operation and artistic experience against expectations, this exhibition confronts a subject full of contradictions, to which everyone brings baggage they can't easily drop.

HERBERT BRANDL

A Survey (Part 2)

Part 2

Rudi Molacek

Giverny Graz

The latest works developed for his large personal exhibition at the Neue Galerie offer a thrilling insight into his astounding ability to experiment with various materials as technical carrier media.

COLLECTOR'S CHOICE

International Art since 1950 - Collection Ploil, a selection

Ever since Jonathan Richardson's praise for the science of the connoisseur in his 1719 paper, “An Essay on the Whole Art of Criticism as it Relates to Painting and an Argument in Behalf of the Science of the Connoisseur”, the genuine collector has been identified with the title of connoisseur. As such the private collector is of central importance in the development of art.

HERBERT BRANDL

Chromophobia - A general survey (part 1)

part 1

Erwin Wurm

Fat Survival

In its first phase, the development of sculpture in the 20 century was characterised by detachment from the human body. In Brancusi's work, the human head becomes increasingly geometric and ultimately egg-shaped. This process was called abstraction, meaning abstraction from human dimensions.

Isaac Julien

Filmretrospektive

Neue Galerie Graz at Filmzentrum im Rechbauerkino

Martin Gostner

ALL I SEE I COVER

'dicke Aura Heimat' (Thick Aura Home) and 'Niederschlag von Volksreden' (Fallout of Speechifications) are the works on show in the studio and stairwell of the Neue Galerie.

Im Buchstabenfeld

Up until now, our image of literature has been closely tied up with the book, the page, as the medium itself. In the electronic age literature gives us the option of presenting numeric-alphabetic character stings in other media, such as the computer screen, without paper or any link with the book.

The Magic Hour

The Convergence of Art and Las Vegas

Curator: Alex Farquharson, London Opening: Sat, September 22nd 2001, 7pm Opening Performance: Sermon of Rev. Ethan Acres, Las Vegas Is Las Vegas, capital of the western entertainment industry, also set to become the capital of art? At this historic moment, art is losing the visionary power to...