15 March 2007 – 14 April 2007

a forest and a tree

Yael Bartana, Phil Collins, Esra Ersen, Jakup Ferri, Emily Jacir, Ahmet Ogut, Sislej Xafa

Within the last twenty years, the interest of the art world in the 'other' has caused artists from non-Western cultures to highlight their identity and cultural origins and to locate themselves within that arena. Theories and practices that inflated the importance of cultural criteria assumed that racial or cultural difference was essential to empower these artists. However, attributing a different social space to non-Western artists has marked them as 'others'. a forest and a tree challenges the current practice of reading non-Western works through the filter of national, ethnic, or cultural origins. This exhibition seeks alternative interpretations of these works that are more constructive in perceiving the relationship between ‘self’ and ‘other’.

Address

Kunsthalle Exnergasse
Währingerstrasse 59, 2. Stiege, erster Stock
1090 Wien
phone +43 1 401 21 41
http://kunsthalle.wuk.at

Opening Hours

Tuesday-Friday 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Description of the Museum

The Kunsthalle Exnergasse in the WUK Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus [House of Artwork and Culture] in Vienna defines itself as an open platform and exhibition space for the presentation and realization of projects belonging to innovative, experimental and contemporary art in its most different formats and forms. The Kunsthalle Exnergasse is not commercially oriented and has regarded itself from the beginning as a place dedicated particularly to the artist and the artists' needs.
Interdisciplinary events are held within the programme of exhibitions in the 400 square meter space, such as symposiums, lectures, readings, concerts and catalogue presentations.

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