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09/13/2023 - 09/13/2023 | Essen

A Preview of a Exhibition Under Construction

Bronze-cast Birkenstock sandals, sofa beds, a large array of drawing horses that will be filled with drawings in the course of the exhibition, a group of masonry models, a print shop: Fiona Connor’s upcoming exhibition Drawing something under itself, which will open on the 22 September at Kunstverein Düsseldorf, reunites a set of elements without any obvious connection at first sight.

Taking the tradition of institutional critique as a point of departure, the artist (*1981 in Auckland/NZ, lives in Los Angeles) examines not only the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen as the institution that hosts the show but also the brutalist 1960s architecture where it is housed and the materials and labor processes that built it. What is the difference between a mason who builds models from bricks and an artist who fabricates their work—or has it fabricated—with similar techniques, traditionally based on drawings? And in what way does the architecture shape an institution?

As part of her research for the exhibition, Fiona Connor consulted archives in Düsseldorf and Essen to learn about masonry training in the Rhein/Ruhr region in the 1950s and 1960s, when her father went to Essen and other cities in Europe to study the labor conditions of construction workers. The conversation at KWI will address the significance of these historical findings, provide an insight into the exhibition’s preparation—an exhibition that will remain in process or under construction throughout its run—and delve into issues of art and labor, craft and traditional techniques, and the relation between the symbolic and the material in her work.

SPEAKERS
Fiona Connor
Friederike Sigler, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Christian Berger, KWI Essen

ORGANISER
An event organised by the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) Essen

Information on participating / attending:
PARTICIPATION
No registration is necessary and participation is free of charge.
To participate on Zoom please follow the following link at the given time: https://uni-due.zoom-x.de/j/69533126573?pwd=TlM1b1FGZkFKVkZoWmJIY2NmTUgxUT09

Date:

09/13/2023 18:00 - 09/13/2023

Event venue:

Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI)
Gartensaal
Goethestr. 31
45128 Essen
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany

Target group:

Scientists and scholars, all interested persons

Email address:

Relevance:

transregional, national

Subject areas:

Art / design, Cultural sciences, History / archaeology, Social studies

Types of events:

Presentation / colloquium / lecture, Seminar / workshop / discussion

Entry:

08/25/2023

Sender/author:

Miriam Wienhold

Department:

Pressestelle

Event is free:

yes

Language of the text:

English

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event74992


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