In the End was the Word:
Language as a Medium of the Contemporary Visual Arts
Opening: November 12, 2011 7:00 p.m.
Duration: 13.11.– 18. 12. 2011
Anyone who attentively studies the wealth of possible media in the
contemporary visual arts will be struck by how much text in its diverse
forms and statements has become a central theme of current aesthetic
strategies—seemingly as an ultima ratio. This attitude, which
was anticipated by conceptual art, signifies a turn away from the world
that can be experienced sensually and necessitates that the viewer
reenact the text mentally. At the same time there is also an
aestheticizing of linguistic symbols that communicates meaning. The arc
spans from neon signs to painted text, from the project of combinations
of text and images to forms derived from the world of comics or
advertising. This international anthology demonstrates, in part by the
ironically modified biblical citation of its title, a quasi-final
position.
Artists: Azt, Bernard Faucon, Heinz Gappmayr, Alex Gingrow, Franz Graf, Siggi
Hofer, Jenny Holzer, Siggi Hofer, Zenita Komad, Ignas Krunglevicius,
Mikko Kuorinki, Simon Linke, Marko Lulic, Ken Lum, Marzia Migliora,
Maurizio Nannucci, Raymond Pettibon, Jack Pierson, Paul van der Eerden,
Jorinde Voigt und Hank Willis Thomas
Curator Prof. Peter Weiermair, Frankfurt am Main
A catalog with texts by Peter Weiermair and the artists will be
published on the occasion of the exhibition
