HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark
RIDICULOUSLY YOURS! Art, Awkwardness and Enthusiasm
Exhibition
Jim Shaw, Labyrinth: I Dreamt I was Taller than Jonathan Borofsky (2009), photo: Mick Vincenz, 2022, © Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland GmbH
Dates
13.10.2023–25.2.2024
Location
HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark
Graz
Part of
Partner Program
Production specifics
An exhibition by HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark and Neue Galerie Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum in cooperation with Deichtorhallen Hamburg / Collection Falckenberg and Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn
The feeling or attitude of enthusiastic embarrassment is undoubtedly associated with a notion of humorous lightheartedness—but just as much with a sense of earnest persistence, against all odds. It is certainly associated with irony—but also with a deeply unironic, rather enthusiastic belief in the necessity and possibility of persevering and continuing with something that has been recognized as unpleasant or embarrassing. One of the most important attitudes or feelings underlying modern and contemporary art is an enthusiastic silliness that does not shy away from the embarrassing, the unreasonably silly. The exhibition includes works by around one hundred artists from all over the world and links earlier centuries of artistic creation to the recent past.
Curated by Cristina Ricupero and Jörg Heiser
Retrospective
Retrospective