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Alexander Brener and Barbara Schurz
Conspiracy of the Cephalopods
20.09.2019-19.01.2020
A project by BRUSEUM, in cooperation with steirischer herbst ’19
Press tour: 20.09.2019, 11:30 am
Opening: 20.09.2019, 7 pm
Duration: 21.09.2019–19.01.2020
Info exhibition: +43-316/8017-9100
Info press: +43-316/8017-9213 and DDI -9211
presse@museum-joanneum.at
About the exhibtion
Press material
Images
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Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Roman-Grabner-Brener-Schurz.jpg (1.5 MB)
Alexander Brener belongs to the generation of Russian performance artists who were active during the last years of the Soviet Union and engaged with public space. He gained international notoriety in 1997 when he painted a green dollar sign on Kasimir Malevich’s white painting Suprematism 1920–1927 at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. This protest against the corruption and commercialization of the art market ended in a prison sentence, despite his assertion that the act was an artistic performance. Together with his Austrian partner Barbara Schurz he has continued to address power strategies and mechanisms of exclusion in society and the art market since the 1990s. They also produce drawings that extend their programmatic critique of capitalism, referencing both Outsider Art and the tradition of the Russian popular print, or lubok, which traditionally contained satirical, informative, patriotic messages as well as social critique. In addition, Brener and Schurz have long been publishing brilliant literary works and theoretically oriented illustrated books in a samizdatinspired format. For the exhibition Conspiracy of the Cephalopods they have drawn their own retrospective.
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Ink, Crayon and Water colour on Paper, 30 x 24 cm, Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner
Brener-Schurz-Hoi-pleistoi-kakoi.jpg (3.77 MB)
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Ink on Watercolour paper, 24 x 30cm, private collection, Vienna
Brener-Schurz-Kartinka.jpg (1.03 MB)
Ink on Watercolour paper, 24 x 30cm, private collection, Vienna
Brener-Schurz-Kartinka02.jpg (1.81 MB)
Ink, Crayon and Watercolour on Watercolour paper, 38 x 56 cm, private collection
Brener-Schurz-Tremate.jpg (1.27 MB)
10 works, Ink on Watercolour paper, 24 x 30 cm, Courtesy of the Artists
Brener-Schurz-White-Shadow.jpg (1.84 MB)
Ink on Paper, 13 pieces, each 50 x 70 cm, private collection
Battles-Snowflakes.jpg (3.19 MB)
Pencil, Ink and Watercolour on Paper, 20 pieces, each 24 x 30 cm
Don-Quichotte.jpg (4.75 MB)
Ink and Acrylic Colour on Paper, 38,5 x 57 cm, private collection, Graz
Eva-Penetrator.jpg (2.83 MB)
Ink on Paper, 158 pieces, Knoll Galerie Vienna
Fuck-Off-And-Die-Alone.jpg (3.42 MB)
Pencil, Ink, Watercolour and Goldcolour on Paper, 30 x 24 cm, private collection
Oranta.jpg (3.59 MB)
Ink on Paper, 50 x 65 cm, Courtesy of the artists
The-last-picture-show.jpg (2.8 MB)
Pencil, Ink, Watercolour and Goldcolour on Paper, 41,1 x 31,2 cm, Courtesy of the artists
Tschirikli-i-Luludi.jpg (5.34 MB)
Ink and Watercolour on Papeer, 20 pieces, each 29,7 x 21 cm, private collection
Unlucky-Shape-Shifter.jpg (2.86 MB)
Material
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Eroeffnung-01.jpg (0.94 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Eroeffnung-02.jpg (1.16 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Eroeffnung-03.jpg (0.91 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Ansicht-01.jpg (1.5 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Ansicht-02.jpg (1.66 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Ansicht-03.jpg (1.26 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Ansicht-04.jpg (1.07 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Ansicht-05.jpg (3.18 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Ansicht-06.jpg (1.62 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Ansicht-07.jpg (4.28 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Ansicht-08.jpg (3.53 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Ansicht-09.jpg (4.67 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Ansicht-10.jpg (3.85 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Ansicht-11.jpg (1.53 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Ansicht-12.jpg (1.58 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Ansicht-13.jpg (2.77 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Ansicht-14.jpg (2.32 MB)
Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek
Brener-Schurz-Ansicht-15.jpg (2.33 MB)
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Downloads
- Universalmuseum_Joanneum_Langtext_ENGL_2019.pdf (21 KB)
- UMJ-Programme-2020-E.pdf (2,164 KB)
