Kultur in Graz

Walter Köstenbauer
ent.tarnung.mensch

Dates
13.9.–17.10.2018

Details
Opening 13.9., 18:00
Artist Talk 3.10., 18:00
Finissage 17.10., 18:00

Location
Graz

Part of
Collateral Program 2018

For artist Walter Köstenbauer, the chance discovery of a piece of military camouflage from the former Yugoslavia in 2002 and the study of philosophers Jean-François Lyotard und Arthur C. Danto became the basis for the project ent.tarnung.mensch. Lyotard advocates direct access to a work of art, unencumbered by the need for theoretical background knowledge, while for Danto it is the theoretical foundation (concept) that makes a thing into a work of art. These fundamentally different positions constituted a starting point for the pacifist idea of “de-functionalization.” In the meantime, this idea has grown into a comprehensive long-term project. ent.tarnung.mensch presents original military fabrics from 15 nations, fashionable fabric patterns, imitations of animal skins, and different objets trouvés.

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