INVESTIGATIONS OF A DOG
17 FEB – 29 MAY 2011
This spring Magasin 3’s exhibition spaces will be filled with works by internationally acclaimed artists including Maurizio Cattelan, Fischli & Weiss, Claire Fontaine, Jeff Koons, Sigalit Landau and Sherrie Levine – many of them being shown in Sweden for the first time.
The exhibition Investigations of a Dog has borrowed its title from a short story by Franz Kafka (1922) and presents works from the collections of all five members of FACE – Foundation of Arts for a Contemporary Europe. The responsible curator in Stockholm, Tessa Praun, describes the exhibition’s theme:
Kafka’s short story is written from the perspective of a dog suffering an identity crisis. The dog is more introverted and reflective than his fellow dogs. This more critical approach to society, complete with existential thoughts, is reflected in the artistic process of the works selected for the exhibition.
The FACE network was formed in 2008 and consists of five private art institutions: DESTE Foundation (Greece), Ellipse Foundation (Portugal), Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Italy), La maison rouge (France) and Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall. Over the course of two years, the exhibition will travel to each of the five foundations – Stockholm being the fourth venue.
Publication:
Five writers have been invited to each write an original short story inspired by the exhibition or its connection to Franz Kafka. Magasin 3 has invited the Swedish author Jonas Hassen Khemiri, who with his subtle play with language draws us into a narrative balancing on the threshold between reality and fiction, dream and nightmare. The other authors are: Aristide Antonas, Rui Cardoso Martins, Emmanuelle Pagano, and Tiziano Scarpa.
Participating artists:
Vasco Araújo, Virginie Barré, Philippe Bazin, Mircea Cantor, Maurizio Cattelan, Roberto Cuoghi, Mark Dion, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Urs Fischer, Fischli & Weiss, Claire Fontaine, David Hammons, Annika von Hausswolff, Thomas Hirschhorn, William Kentridge, Kimsooja, Jeff Koons, Sigalit Landau, Sherrie Levine, DeAnna Maganias, Mark Manders, Esko Männikkö, Marepe, Paul McCarthy, Boris Mikhailov, Bruce Nauman, Cady Noland, Martin Parr, Navin Rawanchaikul, Aurel Schmidt, Gregor Schneider, Lara Schnitger, Santiago Sierra, Lorna Simpson, Stéphane Thidet, Kara Walker.
Read inspirational notes and reports from behind the scene at Magasin 3 here: Picks & Reveals.
March 10 at 6pm: Lecture by Hans Blomqvist about the life and work of Franz Kafka. (In Swedish)
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE NR 44
– A set of six books
FACE – INVESTIGATIONS OF A DOG
Works from five European art foundations
Produced by the network FACE – Foundation of Arts for a Contemporary Europe, of which Magasin 3 is a member. The publication is composed of six parts: an English exhibition catalogue and five individual short stories. The English catalogue presents FACE and each of the participating institutions. It also contains an introduction to the exhibition ”Investigations of a Dog” including descriptions and illustrations of the artwork. The five additional books each contain a new short story in its original language by selected authors Aristide Antonas (GR), Rui Cardoso Martins (PT), Jonas Hassen Khemiri (S), Emmanuelle Pagano (FR), Tiziano Scarpa (IT). An English translation for each of the five novels is found in the English catalogue.
Publication is sold as a set of two books (English and Swedish only) or the full set of six books (English, Swedish, Greek, Portuguese, French and Italian).
English and Swedish books:
FACE – INVESTIGATIONS OF A DOG
Works from five European art foundations
160 pages, richly illustrated in color. Pocket format. Language: English.
Published 2001 in collaboration with JRP Ringier, Zurich.
Graphic design: Gavillet & Rust/Eigenheer, Genève
ISBN: 978-3-03764-172-9
Så som du hade berättat det för mig (ungefär) om vi hade lärt känna varandra innan du dog
(As you would have told it to me (sort of) if we had known each other before you died)
64 pages, richly illustrated in color. Pocket format. Language: Swedish
Published 2011 in collaboration with JRP Ringier, Zurich.
Graphic design: Gavillet & Rust/Eigenheer, Genève
ISBN: 978-3-03764-176-7
Price for both: 150 SEK
The complete catalogue in all six languages (English, Swedish, Greek, Portuguese, French, and Italian):
Price for full set of six: 300 SEK
Vasco Araújo
1975, PORTUGAL
About Being Different, 2007
Single-channel video in color with sound
18,24 min loop
Ellipse Foundation – Contemporary Art Collection, Cascais
Virginie Barré
1970, FRANCE
Les Hommes venus d’ailleurs, 2005
Sculpture: cloth, foam, 110 x 40 x 40 cm
Collection Antoine de Galbert, La maison rouge, Paris
Philippe Bazin
1954, FRANCE
Dufftown n°9, 2002
Single-channel video in color
60 min loop
Collection Antoine de Galbert, La maison rouge, Paris
Mircea Cantor
1977, ROMANIA
The Landscape Is Changing, 2003
Single-channel video in color with sound
22 min loop
Collection Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
Maurizio Cattelan
1960, ITALY
Untitled (Natale 95) Stella con BR, 1995
Red neon, 38 x 82 x 4 cm
Collection Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Untitled (Gerard), 1999
Sculpture: plastic dummy, clothes, shoes and blanket, 82 x 66 x 87 cm
The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens
Roberto Cuoghi
1973 ITALY
MEGAS DAKIS, 2007
Print on cotton paper, wax, 73 x 63,5 cm
The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens
Untitled (Lady Godzilla), 2004
Gypsum, charcoal, enamel, acrylic on paper, 50 x 35 cm
The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens
Mark Dion
1961, USA
Les Nécrophores – L’Enterrement (Hommage à Jean-Henri Fabre), 1997
Synthetic fur, resin cast, rope, 250 x 125 x 140 cm
Collection Antoine de Galbert, La maison rouge, Paris
The Fixity of a Rodent Species, 1990
Metal table, Mickey Mouse-doll, blackboard, animal skull and mixed objects
150 x 300 x 150 cm
Collection Antoine de Galbert, La maison rouge, Paris
Gardar Eide Einarsson
1976, NORWAY
Burnt White Flag, 2005
Cotton and grommets, 165 x 150 cm
Ellipse Foundation – Contemporary Art Collection, Cascais
Urs Fischer
1973, SWITZERLAND
Mackintosh Staccato, 2006
Sculpture: epoxy resin, pigment, enamel, 250 x 904 x 248 cm
The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens
Peter Fischli & David Weiss
1952 & 1946, SWITZERLAND
Animal, 1986
Sculpture: polyurethane, cloth, paint, 56 x 96,5 x 98 cm
The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens
Claire Fontaine
Paris-based collective, founded in 2004
Strike V. II, 2005–2007
Neon sculpture on scaffolding, 620 x 320 x 220 cm
Collection Antoine de Galbert, La maison rouge, Paris
David Hammons
1943, USA
African-American Flag, 1990
Dyed cotton fabric, 142 x 223,5 cm
Ellipse Foundation – Contemporary Art Collection, Cascais
Untitled, 1995–2002
Japanese theater kimono, slip with bloodstains and lollipop in vitrine, 198 x 149 x 22,5 cm
Ellipse Foundation – Contemporary Art Collection, Cascais
Annika von Hausswolff
1967, SWEDEN
Live From the Ocean, 2005
Silver gelatin print, 166,5 x 101 cm
Collection Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
Back to Nature, 1992
C-print mounted on paper, 43 x 60,5 cm
Collection Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
Psyk:oanalys, 2009
Scanned collage on Lambdaprint, 55 x 42,5 cm
Collection Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
Thomas Hirschhorn
1957, SWITZERLAND
Spin Off, 1998
Mixed media installation, variable dimensions
Collection Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
William Kentridge
1955, SOUTH AFRICA
History of the Main Complaint, 1996
3-channel video installation in black/white with sound
5,50 min loop
Collection Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Kimsooja
1952, SOUTH KOREA
Bottari Truck, 2005
Truck, clothes, Korean bedcovers, elastic cord, 200 x 185 x 430 cm
Collection Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
Jeff Koons
1955, USA
Vest, 1985
Bronze, 56 x 42 x 12,5 cm
The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens
Ushering in Banality, 1988
Polychromed Wood, 96,5 x 157 x 76 cm
The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens
Sigalit Landau
1969, ISRAEL
Barbed Hula, 2000
Single-channel video in color with sound
2 min loop
Collection Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
Sherrie Levine
1947, USA
Body Mask, 2007
Bronze sculpture, 57 x 24 x 14,5 cm
Collection Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
DeAnna Maganias
1967, USA
The View From Bed, 2007
Mixed media sculpture, 101 x 130 x 160 cm
The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens
Esko Männikkö
1959, FINLAND
Kittilä, 1995
C-print, 53 x 68 cm
Kuivaniemi, 1994
C-print, 57 x 63 cm
Kuivaniemi, 1993
C-print, 67 x 57,5 cm
Kuivaniemi, 1993
C-print, 52,5 x 63 cm
Kuivaniemi, 1992
C-print, 40,5 x 48,5 cm
Hyrynsalmi, 1990
C-print, 61,5 x 51,5 cm
Hyrynsalmi, 1990
C-print, 71 x 61 cm
Utajärvi, 1990
C-print, 49,5 x 59,5 cm
Collection Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
Mark Manders
1968, NETHERLANDS
Fragment from self-portrait as a building / Room with Landscape with Fake Ballpoint, 1993
Installation, mixed media, 141 x 482 x 220 cm
Collection Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Marepe
1970, BRAZIL
Rio Fundo, 2004
Wooden table, rubber, glass, cachaça, formica, variable dimensions
Ellipse Foundation – Contemporary Art Collection, Cascais
Paul McCarthy
1945, USA
Pig, 2003
Silicone sculpture, 142 x 91 cm
The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens
Boris Mikhailov
1938, UKRAINE
Look at Me, I Look at Water, 1999
C-prints, hand writing,
87,5 x 52 cm
41 x 49,5 cm
41 x 49,5 cm
40,5 x 49,5 cm
Collection Antoine de Galbert, La maison rouge, Paris
Bruce Nauman
1941, USA
Untitled (Suspended Chair, Vertical III), 1987
Welded steel, steel cables, variable dimensions
Collection Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
Cady Noland
1956, USA
Drag, 1990
Metal poles, helmet, and found objects, variable dimensions
The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens
Martin Parr
1952, UnitedKingdom
Common Sense, 1999, detalj
250 laser prints, each part, 21 x 29,5 cm
Collection Antoine de Galbert, La maison rouge, Paris
Navin Rawanchaikul
1971, THAILAND
Fly With Me To Another World (Dedicated), 1999
Acrylic on canvas, 278 x 810 cm
Collection Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Aurel Schmidt
1982, CANADA
So Damn Pure, 2008
Mixed media on paper (pencil, colored pencil, beer, blood, Pepto-Bismol, wine, grape Crush, Imodium, coffee, Kool-Aid, Listerine, Tang, urine, Comet, Sour Apple Daiquiri mix, spit, acrylic)
267 x 421 cm
Collection Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Gregor Schneider
1969, GERMANY
Das Große Wichsen, 1997
Mixed media installation, 264 x 124 x 244 cm
Collection Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Lara Schnitger
1969, NETHERLANDS
Gridlock, 2005
Installation with cotton and ribbon, variable dimensions
Collection Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
Santiago Sierra
1966, SPAIN
PERSON OBSTRUCTING A LINE OF CONTAINERS, Kaj 3 Frihamnen, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009
Single-channel video in b/w with sound, 10 min loop
Collection Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
BANANA COMPANY LIT BY DIESEL OPERATED GENERATOR, Magasin 3 Frihamnen, Stockholm, Sweden. February 2009
Photographic diptych
Collection Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
Lorna Simpson
1960, USA
Water Bearer, 1986
Gelatin silver print with vinyl lettering, 114 x 195 cm
Ellipse Foundation – Contemporary Art Collection, Cascais
Untitled (Cabin in the Sky), 2001
Gelatin silver prints, plexiglas, vinyl, 155 x 104 cm
Ellipse Foundation – Contemporary Art Collection, Cascais
Stéphane Thidet
1974, FRANCE
Sans titre (Le Terril), 2008
Installation with 2 tons of black confetti, diameter 5 m, height 2,5 m
Collection Antoine de Galbert, La maison rouge, Paris
