N E W W O R K S
27. April bis 20. Mai 2012
Abschlussausstellung
Eröffnung und Verabschiedung des Künstlers:
Donnerstag, 26. April 2012, 20 Uhr
Kunstverein Leipzig, Kolonnadenstr. 6, 04109 Leipzig
Öffnungszeiten: DO-FR 16-20 Uhr, SA-SO 14-18 Uhr und nach Vereinbarung.
Let's say I'm taking inspiration from politics and philosophy, and I am producing visuals (using my visual language: minimal, to the bone) which will be loaded of a critical charge.
(Marco Ugolini)
Mit der Ausstellung im Kunstverein Leipzig schließt der italienische Künstler seinen dreimonatigen Aufenthalt in der Residenz BLUMEN ab. Angeregt von seiner Beschäftigung mit den Grundfragen gesellschaftlicher und politischer Kommunikation und deren Bildwerdung präsentiert Marco Ugolini in der Vernissage am 26. April seine hier entstanden Arbeiten. Um 20 Uhr werden die Türen zum Austausch in visueller Sprache geöffnet und ein Einblick gewährt in die facettenreichen Fragen und Handlungsfelder, mit denen sich der Künstler während seiner Zeit in Leipzig beschäftigte.
FEBRUAR - APRIL 2012
MARCO UGOLINI (IT)
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Marco Ugolini (IT)
Marco Ugolini, geboren 1983 in Bologna, studierte am Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche (ISIA) Florenz, der Bauhausuniversität Weimar und am Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam. Seit 2008 ist er als künstlerischer Leiter im Bereich Grafikdesign an unterschiedlichen Projekten in den Niederlanden, Italien und Deutschland beteiligt. Seine Illustrationen werden in verschiedenen europäischen Magazinen veröffentlicht. Mit dem Aufenthalt im Artist-in-Residence Programms des Centro De Arte e Tecnologia (JACA) in Brasilien 2010 erweiterte er seine bisherige europäische Ausstellungstätigkeit. Es sind visualisierte Gedankenexperimente, die der italienische Künstler und Graphikdesigner Marco Ugolini multimedial umsetzt. Inspiriert durch zeitgenössische philosophische Positionen von Giorgio Agamben, Paolo Virno und Slavoj Žižek regt er in seinen Arbeiten dazu an, das Wechselverhältnis von Grafik- und Kommunikationsdesign und bildender Kunst zu hinterfragen. Welche wahrheitsgetreue Aussage kann unsere heutige Sprache überhaupt noch treffen? Inwieweit greifen grafische Zeichen in unseren medialisierten Alltag ein und manipulieren in ihrem künstlerischen Gestaltungskontext die Essenz von einzelnen Wörtern? Ist es möglich, der Täuschung und Maskerade auf gesellschaftlicher und politischer Kommunikationsebene entgegen zu treten? Weitere Hinweise: http://www.jesuismonreve.org/ |
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01.
Per Color
Intervention in the Public Space, Series of Photography, 2010
These pictures are there in order to document the action which took place in the supermarket a few moments before the shooting. The basket of products were left there, and none of the goods have been bought. I see the supermarket space as a space of manipulation, and the attempt, here, is to subvert this structure of order and power. This series of 6 photographs has been exhibited at Robert Mann Gallery in New York, USA.
Per Color
Intervention in the Public Space, Series of Photography, 2010
These pictures are there in order to document the action which took place in the supermarket a few moments before the shooting. The basket of products were left there, and none of the goods have been bought. I see the supermarket space as a space of manipulation, and the attempt, here, is to subvert this structure of order and power. This series of 6 photographs has been exhibited at Robert Mann Gallery in New York, USA.
02.
Fauna
Series of Objects, 2010
Fauna is the project realized during my residency at JACA, Art and Technology Center, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. In this area of Brazil, the excavation for iron, has brought, together with new opportunities, also the destruction of a vast area of forest. Animals who lived in this region, such as the Pampas Deer, the Maned Wolf and the Oncilla, are seriously endangered due to the habitat loss caused by the iron mining. This project consists in the realization of a series of 4 objects made of common steel. I decided to reproduce these animals using iron: the material which has contributed and still contributes to their extinction. Each of the sculpture has the size and the weight that the animals would have in real life (respectively, the Pampas Deer weights 30kg, the Maned Wolf 25kg, the Oncilla 2kg). To activate these objects as monuments, I shot a series of Photographs and a Video in the “Pampa“, the habitat they belong to.
Fauna
Series of Objects, 2010
Fauna is the project realized during my residency at JACA, Art and Technology Center, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. In this area of Brazil, the excavation for iron, has brought, together with new opportunities, also the destruction of a vast area of forest. Animals who lived in this region, such as the Pampas Deer, the Maned Wolf and the Oncilla, are seriously endangered due to the habitat loss caused by the iron mining. This project consists in the realization of a series of 4 objects made of common steel. I decided to reproduce these animals using iron: the material which has contributed and still contributes to their extinction. Each of the sculpture has the size and the weight that the animals would have in real life (respectively, the Pampas Deer weights 30kg, the Maned Wolf 25kg, the Oncilla 2kg). To activate these objects as monuments, I shot a series of Photographs and a Video in the “Pampa“, the habitat they belong to.
03.
Fauna
Video Still, 2010
Fauna
Video Still, 2010
04.
A Poster
Manipulated Digital Image, 2010
A Poster
Manipulated Digital Image, 2010
05.
The Icon Project (Che Guevara)
Mosaique, 2010
The Icon Project is an on-going project in which I play with the meaning of the word “Icon”. When referred to computers and the internet, an icon is a little image made of 16 by16 pixels; while in culture, an icon is a character which is relevant for a certain reason. This mosaique representing Che Guevara is made of 16 by 16 ceramic tiles. Each tile stands for one pixel. The mosaique was installed at Praça Ernesto Guevara (Che Guevara square), in the favela of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
The Icon Project (Che Guevara)
Mosaique, 2010
The Icon Project is an on-going project in which I play with the meaning of the word “Icon”. When referred to computers and the internet, an icon is a little image made of 16 by16 pixels; while in culture, an icon is a character which is relevant for a certain reason. This mosaique representing Che Guevara is made of 16 by 16 ceramic tiles. Each tile stands for one pixel. The mosaique was installed at Praça Ernesto Guevara (Che Guevara square), in the favela of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
06.
I HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE
Installation, Video, 2008
In the spring of 2008, in collaboration with a group of students, I built a Pigeon House on the rooftop of a building (Post CS) in Amsterdam. After training a group of homing pigeons, we used these birds to deliver messages, in order to communicate secretely/privately with each other. During one month time we didn’t use emails and mobile phones. This symbolic action, inspired by Giorgio Agamben’s “The State of Exception“, has caught the attention of several media in the Netherlands and abroad. Its political meaning is the one of making a statement about the topic of privacy, the treatment of personal information in a era of digital techonologies, and more in general, about freedom.
I HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE
Installation, Video, 2008
In the spring of 2008, in collaboration with a group of students, I built a Pigeon House on the rooftop of a building (Post CS) in Amsterdam. After training a group of homing pigeons, we used these birds to deliver messages, in order to communicate secretely/privately with each other. During one month time we didn’t use emails and mobile phones. This symbolic action, inspired by Giorgio Agamben’s “The State of Exception“, has caught the attention of several media in the Netherlands and abroad. Its political meaning is the one of making a statement about the topic of privacy, the treatment of personal information in a era of digital techonologies, and more in general, about freedom.
07.
Equality!
Intervention in the Public Space, Series of Photography, 2007
During a series of lectures and debates about the topic “Equality” at De Balie, a Cultural Centre in Amsterdam, I designed a poster with a “equal” sign printed on it, then I walked in the streets and took pictures of random people standing next to the poster.
Equality!
Intervention in the Public Space, Series of Photography, 2007
During a series of lectures and debates about the topic “Equality” at De Balie, a Cultural Centre in Amsterdam, I designed a poster with a “equal” sign printed on it, then I walked in the streets and took pictures of random people standing next to the poster.
08.
In Consumption we Trust
Object, 2006
I designed this candle while reflecting about the meaning of the word “consuming”, having both the connotations of “buying” and “destroying”. In our western countries, each of us consumes 25 times more energy and resources than one person in a developing country. This candle, when turned on, produces a flame which is 25 times bigger than the flame produced by a normal candle, and also it melts 25 times faster.
In Consumption we Trust
Object, 2006
I designed this candle while reflecting about the meaning of the word “consuming”, having both the connotations of “buying” and “destroying”. In our western countries, each of us consumes 25 times more energy and resources than one person in a developing country. This candle, when turned on, produces a flame which is 25 times bigger than the flame produced by a normal candle, and also it melts 25 times faster.
09.
Lonely Pixels (My Neighbourhod is my Art Gallery)
Intervention in the Public Space, Series of Photography, 2007
Lonely Pixels are effimerous interventions in the public space. After positioning the plastic tiles, they were left untouch. The photos are there to document this action.
Lonely Pixels (My Neighbourhod is my Art Gallery)
Intervention in the Public Space, Series of Photography, 2007
Lonely Pixels are effimerous interventions in the public space. After positioning the plastic tiles, they were left untouch. The photos are there to document this action.
10.
Where’s the Queen?
Performance, Series of Photography, 2007
“Where’s the Queen?” is a performance inspired by Roland Barthes’s “Camera Lucida”. In photography, the photographer holds the power, who is able to capture someone’s identity. By hiding, the subject subverts this structure and takes its individuality out of the photo. The subject is there by not being there. The photos were made in collaboration with Austrian photographer Georg Molterer. The title suggests the presence of a structure of power and subordination, linked with a sense of disorientation while being in the Netherlands.
Where’s the Queen?
Performance, Series of Photography, 2007
“Where’s the Queen?” is a performance inspired by Roland Barthes’s “Camera Lucida”. In photography, the photographer holds the power, who is able to capture someone’s identity. By hiding, the subject subverts this structure and takes its individuality out of the photo. The subject is there by not being there. The photos were made in collaboration with Austrian photographer Georg Molterer. The title suggests the presence of a structure of power and subordination, linked with a sense of disorientation while being in the Netherlands.