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Marcel Duchamp Dada E Neo-Dada Marcel Duchamp Denk- und Sehschablonen zu attackieren. Ihre Arbeiten be- MUSEO Marcel Dada und Neo-Dada ziehen das Leben und verschiedene Kunstformen ein und Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna Ascona COMUNALE 25. März — 26. Juni 2016 beeinfl ussen sich gegenseitig in der Verbindung individueller D’ARTE Duchamp Vernissage: Donnerstag, den 24. März, um 18.00 Uhr Ausdrucksweisen. Diese Eigenschaften kommen in Al Han- Eintritt CHF 10.– MODERNA sens Serie von Venusdarstellungen zum Ausdruck, wie die CHF 7.– (AHV, Studenten, Gruppen ASCONA Dada e Die Ausstellung – kuratiert von Gerhard Graulich, Mara Folini von Streichhölzern gebildete Venus oder die Zoo Venus, die ab 15 Personen) und Kornelia Röder – ist in enger Zusammenarbeit mit dem aus kleinen Plastiktieren besteht. Ebenso bedeutend ist der Gratis für Kinder und Jugendliche via Borgo 34 Neo-Dada Staatlichen Museum Schwerin / Ludwigslust / Güstrow ent- Dialog zwischen Kunst und Sprache von Ben Vautier – wie unter 18 Jahren tel. +41 (0)91 759 81 40 standen und zeigt Werke aus dessen Sammlung. Das Museo Hansen ebenfalls einer der Pioniere von Fluxus – der in seinen fax +41 (0)91 751 81 49 Führungen In italienischer, deutscher und französischer Comunale d’Arte Moderna nimmt mit der Ausstellung an Sätzen Paradox und Ironie, Wahrheit und Entweihung alter- [email protected] Sprache 25.3 — den Feierlichkeiten für den hundertsten Jahrestag der Dada niert. Sowohl Duchamps Schachteln fi nden ihre Nachfolge www.museoascona.ch für Gruppen bis 25 Personen, Bewegung teil, welcher dank der Initiative «dada100zü- und Neu-Variation im Kollektivwerk Fluxus Virus, in der Box nur mit Reservierung 26.6.2016 rich2016» in der ganzen Schweiz mit zahlreichen Veranstal- Selbstbildnis von Emmett Williams und in der Serie Optimistic CHF 150.– + reduzierte Eintrittskarte tungen gefeiert wird. Box von Robert Filliou; alles Werke, die beweisen, wie sehr Ingresso CHF 10.– pro Person Duchamps Vorstellungen und sein Handeln immer noch le- CHF 7.– (AVS, studenti, gruppi 1916 brach Dada alle bisherigen in der Kunst geltenden Re- bendig und aktuell sind. Öffnungszeiten Dienstag-Samstag 10-12 / 14-17 Uhr di almeno 15 persone) geln und Normen. Als Reaktion auf den Ersten Weltkrieg at- Sonntag und Feiertage 10.30-12.30 Uhr Gratis per ragazzi sotto i 18 anni tackierten die Dadaisten eine bürgerliche Scheinwelt und Die Wahrheit von Ben Vautier Montag geschlossen Orari Martedì – sabato 10-12 / 14-17 lösten alle bestehenden Grenzen zwischen Literatur, Thea- 9. – 10. April 2016 Domenica e festivi 10.30-12.30 ter, Musik und bildender Kunst auf. Russenhaus, Monte Verità Ascona Pressemitteilung und Abbildungen auf www.clponline.it Chiuso il lunedì Ausgehend von Marcel Duchamp, der durch sein emb- Vernissage: Samstag, den 9. April, um 17 Uhr und in der Press Area auf www.museoascona.ch lematisches Schaffen und Leben gleichzeitig das Erbe und die Am 9. und 10. April wird der Künstler Ben Vautier, einer der Visite guidate In italiano, tedesco e francese per gruppi Zukunft von Dada repräsentiert, werden in der Ausstellung Hauptdarsteller von Fluxus, auf dem Monte Verità von Ascona fi no a 25 persone, solo su prenotazione seine Werke denen der internationalen Künstler gegenüber- ein Event ins Leben rufen, während dem er sich mit dem Pu- CHF 150.– + biglietto singolo ridotto per gestellt, die an der Gründung oder an der späteren Tätigkeit blikum über den Begriff Wahrheit auseinandersetzen wird; partecipante der umfangreichen und immer noch aktiven Fluxus Bewegung ein ständig aktuelles Thema, das dem Künstler schon immer Comunicato su www.clponline.it teilgenommen haben. nahe stand. Vautier wird ausserdem etwa 10 Werke präsen- stampa e nella Press Area del sito del museo: tieren, die er extra für diesen Anlass inszeniert hat und die im www.museoascona.ch Im Mittelpunkt der Ausstellung steht die weltbekannte Mani- Russenhaus ausgestellt sind. In collaborazione pulation der Mona Lisa von Leonardo da Vinci, welcher Du- con 10. April – 10. Mai 2016 champ einen Bart zeichnete. Damit schuf er ein dadaistisches Ausstellung der Werke über die Wahrheit von Ben Vautier, MUSEO Porträt und ebenfalls eines seiner provokativsten Ready-mades. COMUNALE kuratiert vom Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna in Zusam- Dazu kommen weitere wichtige Werke: vom berühmten Nu D’ARTE menarbeit mit der Monte Verità Stiftung. descendant un escalier zur Boîte-en-valise, von den ersten Ready- MODERNA mades, wie der Kamm, zu den späteren, wie Tabliers de la blan- ASCONA Gespräch über Marcel Duchamp mit Viana Conti chisseuse. 3. Juni 2016, um 17.30 Uhr Neben diesen Werken stehen diejenigen der Fluxus Künst- Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna ler. Fluxus umschreibt eine neodadaistische Bewegung (oder Die Kunstkritikerin Viana Conti wird uns in Marcel Duchamps besser gesagt, eine „Strömung“; eine offene Gruppe von Per- Welt einführen und über den Sinn der Kunst in der Massenge- sönlichkeiten, die auf direktem oder indirektem Weg die sellschaft sprechen. Vorbedingungen der historischen Dadaisten radikalisierte), die sich 1962 bildete. Sie war aber schon Ende der 1950er Jahre aktiv, auch dank der Vermittlung durch Duchamp. In der Ausstellung werden Werke von 11 Künstlern dieser Gruppe Marcel Duchamp gezeigt, von deren Initiator George Maciunas über Nam June Copertina del catalogo Al Hansen Paik, Ben Patterson, Dick Higgins, Philip Corner, bis hin zu “Le surréalisme en 1947”, 1947 Inaugurazione Zoo Venus, 1995 Daniel Spoerri, Ben Vautier und anderen. Staatliches Museum Schwerin / Si ringrazia Dauerleihgabe Sammlung Kelter, Ludwigslust / Güstrow per il sostegno giovedì 24 marzo 2016 Staatliches Museum Schwerin / Wie für Duchamp wurden Humor, Spiel und Zufall auch © Succession Marcel Duchamp / Ludwigslust / Güstrow für die Vertreter von Fluxus zu künstlerischen Strategien, um 2016, ProLitteris, Zürich ore 18 La mostra, curata da Gerhard Graulich, Mara Folini e Kornelia Marcel Duchamp Ben Vautier Conversazione su Marcel Duchamp Röder, è nata in stretta collaborazione con lo Staatliches Mu- L.H.O.O.Q., 1919/64 Parfois je crois, que…, 1988 con Viana Conti seum di Schwerin / Ludwigslust / Güstrow, che ha partecipa- Staatliches Museum Schwerin / Dauerleihgabe Sammlung Kelter, 3 giugno 2016, ore 17.30 Ludwigslust / Güstrow Staatliches Museum Schwerin / to alla sua ideazione e ha messo a disposizione le opere della © Succession Marcel Duchamp / Ludwigslust / Güstrow Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna propria collezione. L’evento fa parte delle iniziative nazionali per 2016, ProLitteris, Zürich © 2016, ProLitteris, Zürich festeggiare il centenario della nascita del movimento Dada, La critica d’arte Viana Conti ci condurrà nel mondo di Marcel nell’ambito di «dada100zürich2016», che prevede un ricco ca- Fluxus Virus, 1992 Duchamp, interrogandosi sul senso dell’arte nella società di Staatliches Museum Schwerin / lendario di eventi in tutta la Svizzera. Ludwigslust / Güstrow massa. Nel 1916, nel leggendario Cabaret Voltaire, i dadaisti, reagendo agli eventi della prima guerra mondiale, attaccarono i falsi va- lori del progresso borghese, le certezze e i sistemi costituiti e, in campo artistico, si adoperarono a demolire i canoni vigenti e le barriere esistenti tra letteratura, teatro, musica e belle arti. Partendo dalla fi gura emblematica di Marcel Duchamp che, con la sua opera e la sua vita, rappresenta a un tempo l’eredità del Dada e il suo futuro, la mostra mette in dialogo le sue opere con quelle degli artisti internazionali che hanno fon- dato o partecipato al vasto e ancora attuale movimento Fluxus. Il percorso espositivo inizia prendendo spunto dalla famosa manipolazione della Gioconda di Leonardo da Vinci con barba e baffi – tra i ready-made più dissacratori di Duchamp – tra- sformata in un ritratto dadaista. Si aggiungono opere altret- tanto signifi cative, dal Nu descendant un escalier alla celebre Boîte-en-valise, dai primi ready-made come Il pettine, a quelli più tardi come i Tabliers de la blanchisseuse. Accanto a queste opere si alternano e dialogano le opere degli artisti di Fluxus, un movimento neodadaista (o meglio un fl usso, un gruppo aperto di personalità che radicalizza in mo- do diretto o indiretto le premesse dei dadaisti storici), che La verità di Ben Vautier prende forma nel 1962 ma è già operante sul fi nire degli anni 1950, anche grazie all’intermediazione di Duchamp. La mo- 9–10 aprile 2016 stra riunisce 11 adepti del gruppo, dal suo promotore George Casa dei Russi, Monte Verità Ascona Maciunas, a Nam June Paik, Ben Patterson, Dick Higgins, Phi- Inaugurazione: sabato 9 aprile, ore 17 lip Corner, Daniel Spoerri, Ben Vautier, e altri. nell’assemblaggio collettivo della Fluxus Virus, nella scatola Au- Il 9 e 10 aprile l’artista Ben Vautier, tra i protagonisti di Fluxus, Come già per Duchamp, anche per gli esponenti di Fluxus toritratto di Emmett Williams e nelle Optimistic Box di Robert darà vita al Monte Verità di Ascona a un suo event, confron- il senso dell’umorismo e il gioco diventano strategie per intac- Filliou, a indicare quanto il pensiero e l’agire di Duchamp siano tandosi con il pubblico sul concetto di verità, tema sempre care schemi visivi e di pensiero consolidati: i loro lavori scon- ancora vivi e attuali. attuale e particolarmente caro all’artista. In questa circostan- fi nano nella vita e in campi diversi dell’arte, contaminandosi za, Vautier presenterà circa 10 opere create per l’occasione e grazie all’eclettica fusione di codici diversi. Caratteristiche che allestite da lui negli spazi della Casa dei Russi. si manifestano per esempio in Al Hansen, pioniere della per- formance e dell’happening art, nella sua nota serie di collage 10 aprile – 10 maggio 2016 ispirati all’immagine di Venere, come la Streichholz Venus, com- Esposizione delle opere sulla verità di Ben Vautier, a cura del Ben Patterson posta da fi ammiferi, o la Zoo Venus, realizzata con animaletti Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna, in collaborazione con la Italian symphony in pink in plastica. Altrettanto signifi cativo è l’operare tra arte e lin- Fondazione Monte Verità. and green, 2007 Dauerleihgabe Sammlung Kelter, gua di Ben Vautier, tra i pionieri di Fluxus, che con le sue frasi Staatliches Museum Schwerin / alterna paradosso e ironia, verità e dissacrazione.
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