Wien Südbahnhof / Bratislava hl.st.
curator : Corentin Hamel
artists:
Lazar Lyutakov
Raimund Pleschberger
Leopold Kessler
Gernot Wieland
Franz Kapfer
Markus Hofer
This exhibition, presented in the gallery, was conceived in response to the outdoor exhibition
entitled Danubian Dreams. The modules in Danubian Dreams display an acceleration in
the architectural process: 5 international architects have created a model "village" on
the banks of the Danube for the duration of the exhibition.
In the same manner, exhibiting artists from the Viennese scene in Bratislava conceals a
deceptively simple situation.
An international exhibition, spanning a 64 kilometers or a one-hour train ride. The simple
geographical relation should produce an abrupt, almost improvised transfer.
All the works exhibited attest to a singular encounter between the artists and the found
object. Yet, far from falling back on the obvious, these works interpret a variety of complex
approaches, sculptural, historical or geographical re-readings, constructed situations,
interventions, or reworked decorum. Nonetheless, the modest finish of the works tends
to efface the author's presence and infer upon the works a public status, an anonymous
refinement.
