2014–2021: Independent Curatorial Projects (Selection)
Qualia
10/11/2017—26/11/2017
At the center of the exhibition Qualia, which presents artists from two generations from a Viennese private collection, are diverse artistic strategies that investigate the phenomenon of perception. The focus lies primarily on the perceptual interactions between artist, object, and viewer, as well as on the relationship between medium and reality.
Some of the historical positions in the exhibition, which are associated, among others, with the tendencies of Minimal Art – such as Donald Judd, Carl Andre, and Sol LeWitt – develop their concepts of material and space through an engagement with Abstract Expressionism and its performative elements. In contrast, Robert Morris’s works reflect his agile play with the relationship between body and space. Craig Kauffman, who was part of the circle around the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, explores the perception of the psychological and physical properties of materials.
While the 1960s and 1970s were concerned with the examination of the qualities of artistic media – materials, colors, sounds, and forms – and their perceptual characteristics, as well as questions of the artwork as an interactive process, the younger generation presented in contrast – Hans Schabus, Markus Schinwald, Thomas Demand, and Kay Walkowiak – focuses on the analysis of self-perception and the investigation of the psychological and physical environments surrounding the production and perception of art.
What unites these artists is their interest in the artwork as a catalyst for perceptual processes: art can trigger perception and at the same time question established conventions of perception. The positions presented deal with the perception of the real in opposition to the mental processing of what is perceived – cognition. Qualia (Latin qualis, “of what kind”) are the subjective qualities of experiences – bodily sensations, feelings, emotions. The sciences are methodologically bound to an external perspective; in contrast, artistic inquiry allows a glimpse into the internal perspective of experience.
Artists:
Carl Andre
Kerstin Brätsch
Thomas Demand
Donald Judd
Craig Kauffman
Sol LeWitt
Robert Morris
Hans Schabus
Markus Schinwald
Kay Walkowiak
Curator:
Katarzyna Uszynska
Some of the historical positions in the exhibition, which are associated, among others, with the tendencies of Minimal Art – such as Donald Judd, Carl Andre, and Sol LeWitt – develop their concepts of material and space through an engagement with Abstract Expressionism and its performative elements. In contrast, Robert Morris’s works reflect his agile play with the relationship between body and space. Craig Kauffman, who was part of the circle around the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, explores the perception of the psychological and physical properties of materials.
While the 1960s and 1970s were concerned with the examination of the qualities of artistic media – materials, colors, sounds, and forms – and their perceptual characteristics, as well as questions of the artwork as an interactive process, the younger generation presented in contrast – Hans Schabus, Markus Schinwald, Thomas Demand, and Kay Walkowiak – focuses on the analysis of self-perception and the investigation of the psychological and physical environments surrounding the production and perception of art.
What unites these artists is their interest in the artwork as a catalyst for perceptual processes: art can trigger perception and at the same time question established conventions of perception. The positions presented deal with the perception of the real in opposition to the mental processing of what is perceived – cognition. Qualia (Latin qualis, “of what kind”) are the subjective qualities of experiences – bodily sensations, feelings, emotions. The sciences are methodologically bound to an external perspective; in contrast, artistic inquiry allows a glimpse into the internal perspective of experience.
Artists:
Carl Andre
Kerstin Brätsch
Thomas Demand
Donald Judd
Craig Kauffman
Sol LeWitt
Robert Morris
Hans Schabus
Markus Schinwald
Kay Walkowiak
Curator:
Katarzyna Uszynska