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Aarhus (Danemark), Aarhus Kunstbygning - Center of contemporary art
Destrøy Design
28.08 > 31.10.2010
The present exhibition brings together contemporary objects, installations and artifacts created by international designers and artists over the past 40 years. They all belong to the collection of the Frac Nord-Pas de Calais, an institution dedicated to contemporary art, located in Dunkirk (France).
The choice of the works is eclectic, due to the fact that they were purchased by different international experts (Jan Hoet, Nicolaus Schafhausen, Chris Dercon, amongst many others) over a period of about 25 years. It is Important ot know that the Frac also possesses several important design-objects that marked the history of contemporary culture : unique pieces made by Ettore Sottsass, Achille & Pier Castigioni, Charles Eames, Olivier Mourgue, Nemo, Verner Panton, and Giancarlo Piretti. Purposefully, these “referential” works aren’t included in this show, but definitely cast their shadow on it, as they served as inspiration for so many artists of today.
The Frac Nord-Pas de Calais was one of the first French institutions to create an awareness for the Important role played by design in the evolution of everyday life. By confronting these avant-garde creations with the work of contemporary artists, a debate was launched questioning our relationship with (art) objects and the possible influence they could have in our society and on our immediate environment.
DESTRØY/DESIGN purports to offer an analysis of this unique approach of two different but related fields: the exhibition concentrates on the complex relationship between the consumption -based star- status of contemporary designers and artists, and questions the constantly changing position and importance of the object in today’s industrialized world.
Curator : Hilde Teerlinck
Artists/Designers : John M Armleder, Atelier Van Lieshout, Ralph Ball & Maxime Naylor, Bless, Erwan & Ronan Bouroullec, Maurizio Cattelan, Dejanov & Heger, Sam Durant, Didier Fiuza Faustino, Sylvie Fleury, Front Design, Piero Gatti & Cesare Paolini & Franco Teodoro, General Idea, Piero Gilardi, Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Martí Guixé, Zaha Hadid, Thomas Heatherwick, Francois Hers, Jim Isermann, Donald Judd, Charles Kaisin, Scott King, Antonia Low, Gaetano Pesce, Radi Designers, Philippe Ramette, Tejo Remy, David Renggli, Denis Santachiara, Markus Sixay, Florian Slotawa, Simon Starling, Superflex, Lily Van Der Stokker, Maarten Van Severen, Barbara Visser, Christopher Wool, Andrea Zittel
The Aarhus Art Building
J.M. Moerks Gade 13
Dk - 8000 Aarhus C
tél + 45 86 20 60 50
Fax +45 86 12 46 16
www.aarhuskunstbygning.dk
Cette exposition itinérante sera ensuite présentée
2ème semestre 2011:
Design Museum Gent (Belgium)
Jan Breydelstraat 5
Be- 9000 Gent
tél + 32 (0)9 267 99 99
Fax +32 (0)9 224 45 22
www.designmuseumgent.be |
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