G.R.A.M.
Wenn der Tito stirbt
Out of Graz, Exhibition
Dates
1.10.–28.11.2006
Location
Pavelhaus / Pavlova hisa
Laafeld
Production specifics
Koproduktion steirischer herbst & Pavelhaus / Pavlova hiša
How real is the reality of photography and graphic art? After world-wide Paparazzi forays and re-interpretations of Viennese Actionism ("Wiener Blut"), for example, the Graz-based G.R.A.M. collective is now investigating the techniques of (political) representation and the associated cult factor that is slowly seeping into the population. The basic material is made up of photographic self-enactments of the former Yugoslavian head of state Josip Broz Tito along with late documentary pictures of his wife Jovanka, who was under 'house arrest' for several years: enactment strategies between heroism and demise, the calculation of a statesman and the poetry of transience. The exhibition "When Tito dies" is a focused mythology that goes beyond a trendy, misty-eyed view of the past and conservative polit art discourse.
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: G.R.A.M.
Mitwirkende / Mitwirkender: Michael Petrowitsch
Retrospective
Retrospective