Lombardi—Kargl curated by Francesco Stocchi
„I know not to know“

3.10 - 8.11.2014 Press release

Lombardi—Kargl, Schleifmühlgasse 5, 1040 Vienna
BOX, Schleifmühlgasse 5, 1040 Vienna
PERMANENT, Schleifmühlgasse 17, 1040 Vienna

www.lombardi-kargl.com since 2023
www.georgkargl.com 1998-2023

Curator(s):

Francesco Stocchi is curator for Modern and Contemporary Art at The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Recent exhibitions include “Brancusi- Rosso—Man Ray—Framing Sculpture,” a study on the results of sculptural representation, a project commissioned by Oscar Tuazon, and the exhibition “Minimal Myth,” that explores the influence of minimalism on contemporary aesthetics. He is founding editor of the annual publication AGMA, a magazine on exhibition making. Stocchi writes regularly for exhibition catalogues and art magazines. He has contributed essays to museum catalogues and monographic publications on various artists, among others Cindy Sherman, Gelatin, Arcangelo Sassolino, Judith Fegerl, and Christoph Meier. Recently published essays include “Every critical act is a creative act” for When Attitudes Become Form. Bern 1969 / Venice 2013, and the monographs Jorge Peris and Francesca Woodman Photographs 1978–81.

Artist(s):

ndreas Fogarasi (*1977, Vienna) is through his installations, sculptures, videos and photographs concerned with the act of showing and of representation. He analyses how places, cities, political ideas, or historic events become images and questions the role of culture – art, architecture, and design – in this process. Underlying his works is his critical examination of the mechanisms with which political appropriation operates in the field of visual culture today: the process of culturalisation of the economy – be it through „creative“ models of working and remuneration, through culture being the motor behind urban reconstruction, or as a factor in the competition for attracting tourists, investors, and media attention. Formally informed by Minimal Art and Conceptual Art, Fogarasi’s works are at the same time documentary and autonomous sculptures. The documentary element is consciously fractured and rests on a precise balance between information and openness. The sculptural aspect is strongly architectural, often referencing iconic landmarks, commercial presentations or temporary forms of architecture such as stands at fairs, stage constructions, or pavilions. Andreas Fogarasi was recently awarded the renowned Otto Mauer Prize (2016) and in 2007 the Golden Lion for his exhibition in the Hungarian Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale. His work was represented in numerous exhibitions internationally, solo exhibitions include: City Gallery, Bratislava, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna (2017), Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City (2016), MAK Center for Art and Architecture (with Oscar Tuazon), Los Angeles (2014), Galerie fuer Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Leipzig, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich (2014), Georg Kargl Permanent, Vienna (2013), Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto (2012), Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, CAAC, Sevilla (2011), Ludwig Forum, Aachen (2010), MAK, Vienna, Ernst Múzeum, Budapest, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz (2008), Georg Kargl BOX, Vienna (2006).
* 1975
* 1926 in Winterthur; † 1993 in Brunnen
Nunzio
* 1983

Photos

Andreas Fogarasi, Untitled, painted board, steel profiles; marble, steel, lacquered steel, paper, copper, book binder's cloth, photography 120 x 200 cm (board), 10-87 cm x 92 cm (construction), unique, 2014