Mixing Memory and Desire: The Construction of (Dis-) Identity.KUNSTMUSEUM LUZERN Taking its name from a line in T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, the inaugural show in the new Jean Nouvel-designed space aims to "exploit heterogeneity as a positive issue," in the words of the institution's director, Ulrich Loock. Accordingly, the twenty-plus artists he'll bring together seem to have little in common. The works selected run the gamut from painting to installation and include pieces by Francis Alys, Thierry de Cordier, Marlene Dumas Marlene Dumas (born August 3, 1953 in Cape Town, South Africa) is an artist combining elements of Expressionism with conceptual art into ink and watercolour pieces and oil paints on canvas. , Douglas Gordon Douglas Gordon (born 1966) is a Scottish artist. Gordon was born in Glasgow and studied art first there (at the Glasgow School of Art) from 1984-1988 and later at the Slade School from 1988-1990 in London. His first solo show was in 1986. , Brice Marden Brice Marden (born October 15, 1938), American, generally described as a Minimalist artist, although his work defies specific categorization. He was born in Bronxville, New York and grew up in nearby Briarcliff Manor. , and Franz West as well as lesser-knowns Eberhard Havekost Eberhard Havekost (born 1967 in Dresden, Germany) is an artist based in Dresden and Berlin. Havekost studied at Hochschule für Bildende Künste[1] in Dresden from 1991-1996. , Vittorio Santoro, and the duo Smith/Stewart. A two-volume catalogue features essays by cultural critic Klaus Theweleit and Russian writer Ivetta Gerasimchuk. June 20- Sept. 24. |
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