Desire ruin
from 12. December 2014
Interventions
at the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien and the Mineral Collection at the Naturhistorisches
Museum in cooperation with on site
Interventions at the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien and the Mineral Collection
at the Naturhistorisches Museum in cooperation with on site
Time is a central issue in the works by the Icelandic artist Bjarki Bragason (born 1983), examining it through the aspects of political history, architecture, language and archeology.
In the Mineral Collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum Bjarki Bragason is showing a new adaption of the video sculpture Desire Ruin realized in 2013. Desire Ruin draws on the dilemma of studying a phenomenon and the alteration, which a study has on the subject studied. The work deals with issues of time, history and the desire to internalize the subject of time.
In the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Bjarki Bragason is presenting his new work Past Understandings. In a series of video works und sculptural interventions the artist questions the construction and reading of historical narrative while dealing with the history of the museum.
The project was initiated by on site, a non-profit art organisation working internationally for the promotion of contemporary visual art. As part of the exhibition ice ice baby (27.11 – 11.12. 2014) six artists were invited from Iceland among others Bjarki Bragason, to participate in the exhibition in Vienna. In cooperation with the Federal Chancellery of Austria/ Bilateral and Multilateral Cultural Cooperation the artist was invited to take part in the Artist-in-Residence programme of the Federal Chancellery and KulturKontakt Austria from October-December 2014.
Kindly supported by: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Federal Chancellery of Austria/ Bilateral and Multilateral Cultural Cooperation, KulturKontakt Austria, Muggur Fund, Icelandic Art Center, and Myndlistarsjodur - Iceland Art Fund.
Invitation for the opening of the interventions by Bjarki Bragason
On December 11 we cordially invite you to the opening of Bjarki Bragason's intervention at the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien and the Mineral Collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum, which will be realized in cooperation with both institutions.
The opening will start at 4.30pm at the Naturhistorisches Museum and will be continued at 5.30 at the Kunsthistorisches Museum (registration: office@onsite-artprojects.com )
Guided Tour with the curators and the artist
Friday, 12.12. and Friday, 19.12., Beginning: 3pm
Discounted ticket at KHM (11 Euro) and at NHM (8 Euro)
Start: Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Kunsthistorisches Museum
RSVP to the tour and contact us: office@onsite-artprojects.com
more information about desire ruin at NHM
more Information about past understandings at KHM
Time is a central issue in the works by the Icelandic artist Bjarki Bragason (born 1983), examining it through the aspects of political history, architecture, language and archeology.
In the Mineral Collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum Bjarki Bragason is showing a new adaption of the video sculpture Desire Ruin realized in 2013. Desire Ruin draws on the dilemma of studying a phenomenon and the alteration, which a study has on the subject studied. The work deals with issues of time, history and the desire to internalize the subject of time.
In the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Bjarki Bragason is presenting his new work Past Understandings. In a series of video works und sculptural interventions the artist questions the construction and reading of historical narrative while dealing with the history of the museum.
The project was initiated by on site, a non-profit art organisation working internationally for the promotion of contemporary visual art. As part of the exhibition ice ice baby (27.11 – 11.12. 2014) six artists were invited from Iceland among others Bjarki Bragason, to participate in the exhibition in Vienna. In cooperation with the Federal Chancellery of Austria/ Bilateral and Multilateral Cultural Cooperation the artist was invited to take part in the Artist-in-Residence programme of the Federal Chancellery and KulturKontakt Austria from October-December 2014.
Kindly supported by: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Federal Chancellery of Austria/ Bilateral and Multilateral Cultural Cooperation, KulturKontakt Austria, Muggur Fund, Icelandic Art Center, and Myndlistarsjodur - Iceland Art Fund.
Invitation for the opening of the interventions by Bjarki Bragason
On December 11 we cordially invite you to the opening of Bjarki Bragason's intervention at the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien and the Mineral Collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum, which will be realized in cooperation with both institutions.
The opening will start at 4.30pm at the Naturhistorisches Museum and will be continued at 5.30 at the Kunsthistorisches Museum (registration: office@onsite-artprojects.com )
Guided Tour with the curators and the artist
Friday, 12.12. and Friday, 19.12., Beginning: 3pm
Discounted ticket at KHM (11 Euro) and at NHM (8 Euro)
Start: Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Kunsthistorisches Museum
RSVP to the tour and contact us: office@onsite-artprojects.com
more information about desire ruin at NHM
more Information about past understandings at KHM
