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James Benning

Decoding Fear

07.03.-01.06.2014

Opening: 06.03.2014, 7 p.m.

Curated by: Peter Pakesch

Press conference: 06.03.2014, 11:30 a.m.

Info exhibition: +43-316/8017-9200
Info press: +43-316/8017-9213 and DDI -9211
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Images

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James Benning,

James Benning,

© Natascha Unkart

f.l.t.r.: James Benning and Peter Pakesch

f.l.t.r.: James Benning and Peter Pakesch

Photo: UMJ/N. Lackner

f.l.t.r.: James Benning and Peter Pakesch,

f.l.t.r.: James Benning and Peter Pakesch,

Photo: UMJ/N. Lackner

James Benning at Kunsthaus Graz, 2014,

James Benning at Kunsthaus Graz, 2014,

Photo: UMJ/N. Lackner

James Benning at Kunsthaus Graz, 2014,

James Benning at Kunsthaus Graz, 2014,

Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

James Benning at Kunsthaus Graz, 2014,

James Benning at Kunsthaus Graz, 2014,

Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

James Benning at Kunsthaus Graz, 2014,

James Benning at Kunsthaus Graz, 2014,

Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

James Benning at Kunsthaus Graz, 2014,

James Benning at Kunsthaus Graz, 2014,

Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

James Benning, List of Meanings, 1970's,

James Benning, List of Meanings, 1970's,

Number code used by Ted Kaczynski to write his coded journals, needed along with a number sheet to do de-coding, written sometime in the 1970's, © Courtesy of the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin

Installation view, James Benning,

Installation view, James Benning,

Architectural Rendering (Two Cabins), 2014, Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

Installation view, James Benning,

Installation view, James Benning,

After Gee’s Bend, 2013, Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

Installation view, James Benning,

Installation view, James Benning,

Two Cabins, 2012, Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

Installation view, James Benning,

Installation view, James Benning,

Two Cabins, 2012, Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

Installation view, James Benning,

Installation view, James Benning,

May 22, 1942 (for Ted), 2013, Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

Installation view, James Benning,

Installation view, James Benning,

Untitled (with Black Hawk, Traylor, Ramírez, Darger, Howard, Yoakum, Hawkins, and Tolliver), 2014, Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

Installation view, James Benning,

Installation view, James Benning,

RR, 2007, Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

Installation view, James Benning,

Installation view, James Benning,

Pascal’s Lemma (After Warhol), 1984/2014, Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

Installation view, James Benning,

Installation view, James Benning,

Architectural Rendering (Two Cabins), 2014, Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

Installation view, James Benning,

Installation view, James Benning,

Stemple Pass, 2012, Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

Installation view, James Benning,

Installation view, James Benning,

After Thoreau, 2014, Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

Installation view, James Benning,

Installation view, James Benning,

Untitled (with Black Hawk, Traylor, Ramírez, Darger, Howard, Yoakum, Hawkins, and Tolliver), 2014, Photo: © UMJ/N. Lackner

James Benning, Stemple Pass, 2012 (film still),

James Benning, Stemple Pass, 2012 (film still),

One-channel HD-Video; 121 min, © Courtesy of the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin

James Benning, RR, 2007 (production study photo by James Benning),

James Benning, RR, 2007 (production study photo by James Benning),

16mm-projection; 110 min, © Courtesy of the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin

James Benning, RR, 2007 (production study photo by James Benning),

James Benning, RR, 2007 (production study photo by James Benning),

16mm-projection; 110 min, © Courtesy of the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin

James Benning, After Gee’s Bend, 2013,

James Benning, After Gee’s Bend, 2013,

Mixed cotton textiles, thread; 139.7 x 190.5 cm, © Courtesy of the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin

James Benning, Data Entry, 2013 (HD Filmstill),

James Benning, Data Entry, 2013 (HD Filmstill),

HD-Video; 10 min, © Courtesy of the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin

James Benning, Replica of Jesse Howard, After Howard, 2007,

James Benning, Replica of Jesse Howard, After Howard, 2007,

26 x 50,2 cm, © Courtesy of the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin

James Benning, Replica of Jesse Howard, After Howard, 2007,

James Benning, Replica of Jesse Howard, After Howard, 2007,

26 x 50,2 cm, © Courtesy of the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin

James Benning, Replica of Bill Traylor, After Traylor, 2005,

James Benning, Replica of Bill Traylor, After Traylor, 2005,

39.4 x 26.7 cm, © Courtesy of the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin

James Benning, Replica of Bill Traylor, After Traylor, 2005,

James Benning, Replica of Bill Traylor, After Traylor, 2005,

39.4 x 26.7 cm, © Courtesy of the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin

James Benning, After Thoreau, 2013,

James Benning, After Thoreau, 2013,

81,5 x 66,5 cm © Courtesy of the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin

James Benning, May 22, 1942 (for Ted), 2013,

James Benning, May 22, 1942 (for Ted), 2013,

2 panels, framed, ink and stamps on fuji photo paper, ink and stamps on paper envelope with inkjet print on paper; left: front; right: back, © Courtesy of the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin

James Benning, May 22, 1942 (for Ted), 2013,

James Benning, May 22, 1942 (for Ted), 2013,

2 panels, framed, ink and stamps on fuji photo paper, ink and stamps on paper envelope with inkjet print on paper; left: front; right: back, © Courtesy of the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin

Installation view, James Benning: Two Cabins, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2012,

Installation view, James Benning: Two Cabins, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2012,

2-channel HD video installation (color/sound), typewriter on plywood pedestal, wooden desk and pencil on wooden and plaster pedestal Photo: Jens Ziehe, Berlin. Courtesy neugerriemschneider, Berlin.

Installation view, James Benning: Two Cabins, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2012,

Installation view, James Benning: Two Cabins, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2012,

2-channel HD video installation (color/sound), typewriter on plywood pedestal, wooden desk and pencil on wooden and plaster pedestal Photo: Jens Ziehe, Berlin. Courtesy neugerriemschneider, Berlin.

Installation view, James Benning: Two Cabins, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2012,

Installation view, James Benning: Two Cabins, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2012,

2-channel HD video installation (color/sound), typewriter on plywood pedestal, wooden desk and pencil on wooden and plaster pedestal Photo: Jens Ziehe, Berlin. Courtesy neugerriemschneider, Berlin.

Installation view, James Benning: Two Cabins, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2012,

Installation view, James Benning: Two Cabins, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2012,

2-channel HD video installation (color/sound), typewriter on plywood pedestal, wooden desk and pencil on wooden and plaster pedestal Photo: Jens Ziehe, Berlin. Courtesy neugerriemschneider, Berlin.

Installation view, James Benning: Two Cabins, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2012,

Installation view, James Benning: Two Cabins, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 2012,

2-channel HD video installation (color/sound), typewriter on plywood pedestal, wooden desk and pencil on wooden and plaster pedestal Photo: Jens Ziehe, Berlin. Courtesy neugerriemschneider, Berlin.

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