________________________________________________________________________________ out of site a cross-reference exhibition 1960 - 2000 29 May - 4 July 1999 books, magazines, videos, poster, photos, CD-ROMs guy debord, kapitalistischer realismus, henry flynt, stanley brouwn, emmett williams, jan dibbets, robert smithson, gordon matta-clark, dan graham, art - language, gilbert & george, bas jan ader, clegg & guttmann, lee lozano, marcel broodthaers, sol lewitt, robert morris, büro berlin, büro kippenberger, ulay/abramovic, david ayers, liam gillick, georgina starr, christian philipp müller, andrea fraser, gillian wearing, liza may post, renée green, maria eichhorn, fiona tan, dominique gonzalez-foerster, elektro & galerie rené block, seth siegelaub, dies alles herzchen wird einmal dir gehören, 6 years of dematerialization, prospect 69, konzeption/conception, artforum, sonsbeek 71, when attitudes become form, op losse schroeven, october, skulptur projekte münster, die endlichkeit der freiheit, 7th museum, places with a past conference 4 July 1999 3 - 8 pm statements, lectures, screenings, interviews, discussion (update to follow) ======================================================= PRESS RELEASE - BüroFriedrich, Berlin out of site Now, more than ever, contemporary artists are not only dealing with everyday life in an unrestrained manner. Moreover, in recent decades they have also reflected on the conditions of their artistic activities as never before. No crossover without reflecting more deeply on one's own position. The 'Out of Site' exhibition present a selection of books, magazines, photographs, videos, CD-ROMs, etc... showing how artists, along with their curators and critics, have reformulated the position of art since the Sixties. 'La Société du Spectacle' by Guy Debord, whose revolutionary concepts of artistic practice and intervention decisively influenced the politicisation of all aspects of life in the late Sixties, will be shown alongside Robert Barry's invitation 'during the exhibition the gallery will be closed.' The artists' socio-critical stance around 1970 also had a hand in shaping the art system. The projects presented at BüroFriedrich include those of Seth Siegelaub, a curator who was very active at that time, as well as projects which led to a disassociation from commercialism in a period which saw the dematerialisation of the art object. Works by Robert Smithson, Jan Dibbets, Gordon Matta-Clark, Dan Graham and Bas Jan Ader also reflect growing attention and a heightened sensitivity to their own artistic attitude in the evolving context of the arts. With the presentation of catalogues such as 'Dies alles Herzchen wird einmal Dir gehören' (One day this will belong to you, darling), which can be considered the first concept exhibition in Germany, conceptual art is a focal point of the exhibition. The way in which artists incorporate context into their artistic practice took on new meaning with the 'site specific' art works of the Eighties. Christian Philipp Müller's guided tour through the Düsseldorf Academy or Andrea Fraser's 'Museum highlights - gallery talk' focus on 'system-specific' aspects of art. Exhibitions in public spaces, e.g. 'Endlichkeit der Freiheit' (Finiteness of Freedom) in Berlin and especially the 'Places with a past' exhibition from Charleston, South Carolina, with its strong socio-anthropological orientation, invited the artist and public to confront the specifically historical characteristics of the presentation site. Artists of the Nineties have relativized this type of contextualism. It is as if they themselves have increasingly integrated context into their works, bypassing the 'ethical responsibility' (Verantwortungsethik). However, this largely stems from attitudes other than the socio-critical attitude. It seems, rather, that these artists privatise the very public nature of context and conceive it as part of their art. Heightened interest in the artists' attitudes in the artistic context almost makes itself felt as a series of invisible steps in a discourse on the term 'public.' Out of Site highlights that which hardly has a public presence of its one. Out of Site is a documentary exhibition dealing with aspects of the public. ------------------------------------------------- >BüroFriedrich >friedrichstraße 103 >wed - fri 2 - 8 p.m., sat / sun 2 - 6 p.m. > >telephone +49 (0)30 20 16 51 15 >fax +49 (0)30 20 16 51 14 >friedrich@2code.net >p.o. box 640137, d-10047 berlin > >supported by dutch ministeries of foreign affaires and education, culture >and science and the british council > ___________________________________________ PRESS RELEASE - BüroFriedrich, Berlin - END ________________________________________________________________________________ no copyright 1999 rolux.org - no commercial use without permission. is a moderated mailing list for the advancement of minor criticism. more information: mail to: majordomo@rolux.org, subject line: , message body: info. further questions: mail to: rolux-owner@rolux.org. archive: http://www.rolux.org