MEYER*KAINER curated by John Rajchman
„SCHREIBTISCHUHR“

15.9 - 14.10.2017 Press release

MEYER*KAINER, Eschenbachgasse 9, 1010 Vienna
www.meyerkainer.com

Curator(s):

John Rajchman More

John Rajchman is a Professor of Theory and Criticism, 20th-century Art and Philosophy at Columbia University and the author of numerous books.

Artist(s):

Philippe Parreno More

* 1964, lives in Paris
Seth Price More

*1973, lives in New York
Heimo Zobernig More

*1958, lives in Vienna
Cameron Rowland More

*1988, lives in New York
Liam Gillick
Loretta Fahrenholz More

*1981, lives in Berlin
Lawrence Weiner More

Lawrence Weiner was born 10 February 1942 Bronx New York; Attended the New York Public School System. The late fifties and early sixties were spent travelling throughout North America (USA, Mexico, and Canada). The first presentation of the work was Mill Valley California in1960. Lawrence Weiner divides his time between his studio in New York City and his boat in Amsterdam. He participates in public and private projects and exhibitions, in both the new and old world, maintaining that ART IS THE EMPIRICAL FACT OF THE RELATIONSHIPS OF OBJECTS TO OBJECTS IN RELATION TO HUMAN BEINGS & NOT DEPENDANT UPON HISTORICAL PRECEDENT FOR EITHER USE OR LEGITIMACY.
Noah Barker More

*1991, lives in New York
Louise Lawler More

Louise Lawler was born in 1947 in Bronxville, New York and lives in New York City. Recently she had solo shows at Metro Pictures, New York, Sprüth Magers, London, Yvon Lambert, Paris and in museums like Dia Center, New York, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel , Portikus Frankfurt. Institutions like the Whitney Museum, New York, the P.S.1, New York, the MOMA, New York, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Museum Moderner Kunst, Austria intgerated her work in several group shows. She also took part at Documenta 12, Kassel.
Ahmet Öğüt More

*1981, lives in Amsterdam
John Rajchman More

*1946, lives in New York

Exhibition text

SCHREIBTISCHUHR curated by_ John Rajchman artists selected by Liam Gillick Noah Barker, Loretta Fahrenholz, Liam Gillick, Louise Lawler, Ahmet Öğüt, Philippe Parreno, Seth Price, John Rajchman, Cameron Rowland, Lawrence Weiner, Heimo Zobernig With thanks to Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York Opening: September 14, 6 pm Duration of the exhibition: Sept. 15 - Nov. 11, 2017 “One of art’s characteristics, however, is that it follows its own rules, its own reality, irrespective of linguistic translatability. With this in mind, what must, in the end, remain unsaid?”1* The starting point here is the relation between writing and time, object and text, hence the title Schreibtischuhr (writing desk clock). We are considering the time of the written as a point of origin and analysis rather than the duration of the spoken. The desk stands for the common starting point of both the artist and their critical double when considering the concept of curated by_vienna: image/reads/text. The time of the desk that begins and ends in silence and is a place of reading and/or writing. A place for the production of scenarios and a site of critical writing, correspondence and thought placed into written form. Works in the exhibition are “on and of” philosophy. Forcing a material to speak, as a more productive way to go beyond image and caption. Text as a point of departure and return—an alert and a series of reflections at the same time. 1* See concept text for curated by_vienna: image/reads/text. Language in Contemporary Art. www.curatedby.at