Surprise
Both the exhibition itself and the book on the extensive Bonn
retrospective of the Biennale participants (solo show in the German
Pavilion 2009) have a number of surprises in store. Above all, the book
provides a comprehensive overview--compiled by Liam Gillick himself--of
the artist's work, which has accumulated in the past few years to number
well in excess of 2,000 works for solo shows and participations.
(Presumably, the criticised Biennial contribution will be of particular
interest.) The central motifs of Liam Gillick's works become apparent in
the wide-ranging exhibition, but above all in this book. Be it in texts,
sculptures, or installations, Liam Gillick's quest has continually been
something of a causal chain that investigates concepts such as utopia,
parallelism, space, time, production in terms of their differences. In
so doing, the artist isn't merely concerned with the conditions for
production and the resulting aesthetic approach, but rather he seems--as
the successor of a radical modernity--to be still searching for a real
place for utopia.
Exhibition:
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn,
01/04-08/08/2010
