Only in the Western World

Exposición / Galerie Mam - Mario Mauroner (Viena) / Weihburggasse 26 / Vienna, Wien, Austria
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Cuándo:
08 sep de 2016 - 15 oct de 2016

Inauguración:
08 sep de 2016 / 18:00

Precio:
Entrada gratuita

Comisariada por:
Luigi Fassi

Organizada por:
Galerie Mam - Mario Mauroner

Artistas participantes:
Diango Hernández, Runo Lagomarsino

       

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Descripción de la Exposición

According to the German philosopher Max Weber (1864-1920), rationality is a uniquely European phenomenon, a set of philosophical guidelines that define the sensibility and horizons of Western and European modernity only. Despite having extensively investigated non-European cultures, Weber draws an asymmetrical comparison in his work between Western modernity and the status of other societies, conducted from a European point of view and unable to achieve a reciprocity of perspectives. The current exhibition takes as its point of departure the Eurocentrism inherent in Weber's expression "nur im Okzident", and aims to question such rationalist exclusivity. The project presents works by artists operating within a framework that is critical of Western culture, in order to unmask the darker side of its famed rationality - as colonialist, racialized, and predatory. The works displayed in the exhibition thus enact a multiplicity of strategies to claim a different reading of history and rationality. In this way, the artists frame for themselves their own ancestry and roots, opening an increased space for freedom, knowledge and empowerment. Participating artists: Julien CREUZET // François-Xavier GBRÉ // Haroon GUNN-SALIE // Kiluanji Kia HENDA // Diango HERNÁNDEZ // Hilario ISOLA // Runo LAGOMARSINO // Misha STROJ & Aarti SUNDER // Barthélémy TOGUO // Katarina ZDJELAR. The exhibition takes place in the context of the gallery festival curated by_vienna: Meine Herkunft habe ich mir selbst ausgedacht [My Origins? I Made Them Up]. The theoretical starting point for the participating galleries and curators is provided through the eponymous essay by cultural theorist and author Diedrich Diederichsen. With the project curated by_vienna, the Vienna Business Agency and its creative center departure have been supporting cooperation between Viennese galleries for contemporary art and international curators since 2009.

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